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jrg3170
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Jul 09, 2018

Dometic fridge shuts off overnight (propane mode)

I have a two year old Dometic refrigerator that won't stay on in propane mode. Electric mode works fine. When starting up the fridge makes a bunch of clicking sounds, the burner momentarily engage...
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SoundGuy
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Jul 10, 2018
jrg3170 wrote:
I have a two year old Dometic refrigerator that won't stay on in propane mode. Electric mode works fine.

Or maybe it doesn't like cold temps (I was in CO at 9K feet, 70s in the day and 40s at night).

Thoughts? Should I try replacing something?


There's nothing to replace, your fridge is performing exactly as expected ... at 9000' both Dometic & Norcold recommend you operate the fridge in the electric mode. Here's a past discussion on this same topic.

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