Can I jump fridge gas valve for TS purposes?
Fridge in the "new-to-me" camper is a Dometic RM3604 3 way. I was unable to check the function of any of the appliances before purchase of the camper, so I do not know when it was last operational.
Turns out fridge has issues. Appears to turn on, but wouldn't cool down on any mode (120VAC, 12VDC, or LP). Went through the checks via the service manual, and appears to be a faulty circuit board - not sending any voltage to AC heating element in AC mode, sending only 5VDC to the relay when in 12VDC mode, and cycling power to the gas valve solenoid when in LP mode. Igniter seems to be working OK, but it's not getting gas past the solenoid valve.
I don't have a problem buying a new circuit board for it, but I'd like to verify the rest of it works OK before doing so, as worst case scenario, if I have to buy a new cooling unit and gas valve in addition to the circuit board, I'm getting awfully close to the cost of a whole new fridge at that point (and haven't even found a source for the gas solenoid valve if that's the case).
So I'm wondering if I can just jump power to that gas valve to verify it's actually functioning properly, and to make sure the cooling unit is OK?
Turns out fridge has issues. Appears to turn on, but wouldn't cool down on any mode (120VAC, 12VDC, or LP). Went through the checks via the service manual, and appears to be a faulty circuit board - not sending any voltage to AC heating element in AC mode, sending only 5VDC to the relay when in 12VDC mode, and cycling power to the gas valve solenoid when in LP mode. Igniter seems to be working OK, but it's not getting gas past the solenoid valve.
I don't have a problem buying a new circuit board for it, but I'd like to verify the rest of it works OK before doing so, as worst case scenario, if I have to buy a new cooling unit and gas valve in addition to the circuit board, I'm getting awfully close to the cost of a whole new fridge at that point (and haven't even found a source for the gas solenoid valve if that's the case).
So I'm wondering if I can just jump power to that gas valve to verify it's actually functioning properly, and to make sure the cooling unit is OK?
