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:
This thing ran all night long and all day long on electric. I just got home and while still cold I noticed that the pipe on the outside cover is not as hot as it was. It’s lukewarm and the coils on the back of fridge are cold. The frost on the fins has gone away too. It’s like it’s not working again.
I read that if it work son propane but not on electricity then likely it’s the element. But I literally just replaced that a few days ago. Did I get a bad element? Is there some other problem?
Turning the heat on and off is how the refrigerator controls the temperature, so if the refrigerator thinks it is cold the element may not be hot.
An easy check is to make a short cord with blade terminals on the end to apply power directly to the element. The unit will run wide open and probably ice up. If it gets really cold after a day running like that, the element and cooling unit are fine.
