Propane fridge not working as good

swimmer_spe wrote:

lenr wrote:
1999 is pretty old fridge. When you give up completely and if you can get to Indiana, check our National RV Refrigeration North of Shipshewana. They know their stuff. They rebuild units, install scratch and dent units, or install new units all at likely less money than anywhere else. They also do AC.

I am in Canada. I can get a working fridge for a reasonable price. I'd rather see what is causing this one to not work before buying a new one.

The problem is, there is nothing to be able to "see" internally, no window to watch the Ammonia mix movement so you can't see if the is a intermittent blockage inside the cooling unit.

If you are having intermittent cooling issues, it could be caused by control board, thermister for control board, gas valve issues, gas burner issues along with internal blockage issues in the cooling unit.

If you are getting cooling in one place like freezer and not fridge, pretty fair chance that the control board, thermister, gas valve, burner is all good.. That leaves the cooling unit as the suspect.

If that is the case, then replacing the cooling unit or replacing the fridge is the best you can do..

That Ammonia in your cooling unit is under high pressure and is industrial strength (much stronger than anything you can buy in a store) and is not really something a general shade tree handy man can tackle.

New cooling units cost about half of a new fridge not including labor. So unless your fridge is 100% new looking, no rust, no broken plastic or lost shelves, door gaskets are good, hinges are good and latches are good a new fridge may be a better deal over all because you now have an old control board, gas valve, burner ect which all can go belly up at any time.

Sometimes putting lipstick on a pig can come back and bite you.