96 rexhall dometic fridge shuts off
Dometic fridge lights and stays lit for about 1 minute.. gas valve clicks and fridge shuts down...cleaned the burner tube and orifice ...replaced thermocouple last year..didnt help..just replace board...
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How about the connectors and the crimps on the terminals of the thermocouple? Are they in good condition? I had similar symptoms to yours and had a shop replace the board up in the Yukon. Seemed to work for the next 1,000 miles and then failed again.
When I actually took the time to look and measure the Thermocouple, it was not making good connection on the spade connectors on the new electronics board. Making the circuit think the flame wasn't lit. So it would turn on and run for a while, than temperature fluctuation would cause it to open circuit. Shutting off the flame.
All I did to fix it right was to squeeze the crimp connections on the thermocouple wires and then squeeze the 1/4" female terminals so they grabbed the spade terminals on the circuit board tighter. Felt pretty silly that I'd paid a shop $264 for a board and labor costs I didn't need.
Try that.
When I actually took the time to look and measure the Thermocouple, it was not making good connection on the spade connectors on the new electronics board. Making the circuit think the flame wasn't lit. So it would turn on and run for a while, than temperature fluctuation would cause it to open circuit. Shutting off the flame.
All I did to fix it right was to squeeze the crimp connections on the thermocouple wires and then squeeze the 1/4" female terminals so they grabbed the spade terminals on the circuit board tighter. Felt pretty silly that I'd paid a shop $264 for a board and labor costs I didn't need.
Try that.
