Refrigerator only works on shore power?
So my trailers refrigerator stopped working while dry camping this weekend. It will only work on shore power (120V), if I switch it to propane, the pilot light fires up it runs for about 2-4 minutes a...
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dougrainer wrote:
This post is WHY it is important to give year/Brand and model of appliance and RV when asking for help. There are 2 flame sensor types and both Norcold and Dometic have used both over the years.
1. Is the Thermocoupler pictured in the one post
2. Is what I call the flame sensor and is also the spark electrode. There is NO thermocoupler at all in the standard sense.
One poster talked about and had a pic of what he thought was a refer thermocoupler. Well yes, 25 to 30 years ago. The Metal tube type thermocoupler used on Dometic has 2 wires with a spade terminal on each wire and connects to the main control board. BUT, Dometic uses both types and it depends on the model number. Doug
It is a Dometic 2652 not sure of the year but the trailer is a 2000 Aljo. I went out on a limb and ordered up a thermocouple (2 wires going into a copper line)thinking that may be the issue and it only cost $ 28.00 so Im not hurt to bad if Im wrong.
Last night I took everything apart cleaned it all up, checked the fuses on the control board and the same problem persists. The flame will burn for 2-4 minutes and then there is a click and the flame shuts down. The new part should be here Thurs or Fri, I hope to get this all sorted out as I have a trip scheduled for the following weekend before I winterize until my Texas trip in Feb. Thanks for all the help.
