Problems with my refrigerator.
I have a 6 cuft Dometic DM 2652 2 door refrigerator. It has stopped cooling. When I push the button on the front to cut it on, nothing happens. The interior light will not come on. And it smells...
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Ammonia smell....
Only reason is due to a crack in cooling unit tubing which has allowed the coolant solution to escape (Ammonia, water, sodium chromate & hydrogen gas under 300 psi)
The reason you don't have an interior light or any controls is because the high temp thermofuse on perk tube (tube next to flue where coolant solution gets heated) has tripped.
It has a manual reset button BUT it will just trip again due to high temp.....no coolant
Cooling unit is toast.
Off level operation and poor welds are common causes of failures.
Off level causes obstructions
Poor welds (over penetration/high amp) at the electric heater element holder where it is welded to perk tube
Only reason is due to a crack in cooling unit tubing which has allowed the coolant solution to escape (Ammonia, water, sodium chromate & hydrogen gas under 300 psi)
The reason you don't have an interior light or any controls is because the high temp thermofuse on perk tube (tube next to flue where coolant solution gets heated) has tripped.
It has a manual reset button BUT it will just trip again due to high temp.....no coolant
Cooling unit is toast.
Off level operation and poor welds are common causes of failures.
Off level causes obstructions
Poor welds (over penetration/high amp) at the electric heater element holder where it is welded to perk tube
