Dometic Fridge not working
Hello: Came back from out of town, and the fridge and freezer portion were not working. Now, I do have power, in that the light comes on. Typically we run on electric power. So on electric, I do...
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motc777 wrote:
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It's now 10:28PM CST. It's been running on electricity since about 4:30-5pm today. I just checked freezer. For the first time since this whole episode started, I have a cold freezer. I just moved the thermostat inside the fridge portion down about 1 hour ago to about midway, and the fridge is cold! There is even a bit of frost formed on the fins!
I'm letting it run all night, but if this works, I really would like to know why, when I replaced the element the first time, none of this was working properly? Could just simply cleaning off some electrical terminals on the back panel have done it?
Cleaning the terminals will NOT have an affect on cooling. SLIDING the Thermister ONLY changes the preset by 4 degrees MAX. So, this will not affect cooling. You will NOT see any real cold production in a few hours once it starts to get cool. It takes 24 hours for the refer to reach max cold temp. A BAD/Partially blocked cooling unit will still freeze the freezer. The SLEEVE and TUBE are the same thing. Frost on the fins indicate the fins are BELOW 32 degrees which is GOOD. Doug
