Fridge cools on A/C but not on Propane - EDIT: FIXED!
Hi All, I've been several years with out a TT, but wife convinced me it was time to jump back in, and so far so good, except for the fridge.
I'm pretty handy, but I called for help on this one. The repair guy came out and was baffled.
It is a Dometic, very small, no adjustment knobs anywhere. Trailer is a 2015 model so I assume the fridge is, too.
Here's the situation:
Load fridge @ Home while plugged in to shore power. It worked reasonably well. We went camping and switched to propane. Within 24 hours it was clear that the fridge was not cooling. Fortunately we had a cooler, so it worked out.
Fast forward to the next week. I had the TT parked at home on shore power. I put a case of bottled water in it, and it brought the temp down nicely. I unplugged power and switched to gas and within 2 days, the bottles barely below ambient temp..
Service guy came out - we checked and saw flame. The cooling fins are warm. The check light is NOT on.
He poked around and scraped some soot off and said that I should try again and make sure I had flame,
So....Pre-camping last week I loaded the fridge with bottles of water again. The odd thing is that the freezer (tiny, but internal to the fridge with a fold-down door) was really cold - icing up on the floor of the fridge. However, the fridge itself was not cold. I took the door off of the freezer and left the bottles inside, and sure enough, they got nice and cold - all on A/C
So, what the heck am I missing here. It seems I have flame. The A/C power is clearly heating the ammonia enough to chill the thing. And I have a freezer but not a fridge, but only on A/C. I rarely have A/C when camping,
I'd really love to avoid buying a new fridge but that is 1/3 of the reason my wife wanted another trailer (1/3 being bed off ground, 1/3 being shower)
I'm not home else I'd get the model of fridge.
Trailer is a 2015 Coachmen 16FB
If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear them.
I'm pretty handy, but I called for help on this one. The repair guy came out and was baffled.
It is a Dometic, very small, no adjustment knobs anywhere. Trailer is a 2015 model so I assume the fridge is, too.
Here's the situation:
Load fridge @ Home while plugged in to shore power. It worked reasonably well. We went camping and switched to propane. Within 24 hours it was clear that the fridge was not cooling. Fortunately we had a cooler, so it worked out.
Fast forward to the next week. I had the TT parked at home on shore power. I put a case of bottled water in it, and it brought the temp down nicely. I unplugged power and switched to gas and within 2 days, the bottles barely below ambient temp..
Service guy came out - we checked and saw flame. The cooling fins are warm. The check light is NOT on.
He poked around and scraped some soot off and said that I should try again and make sure I had flame,
So....Pre-camping last week I loaded the fridge with bottles of water again. The odd thing is that the freezer (tiny, but internal to the fridge with a fold-down door) was really cold - icing up on the floor of the fridge. However, the fridge itself was not cold. I took the door off of the freezer and left the bottles inside, and sure enough, they got nice and cold - all on A/C
So, what the heck am I missing here. It seems I have flame. The A/C power is clearly heating the ammonia enough to chill the thing. And I have a freezer but not a fridge, but only on A/C. I rarely have A/C when camping,
I'd really love to avoid buying a new fridge but that is 1/3 of the reason my wife wanted another trailer (1/3 being bed off ground, 1/3 being shower)
I'm not home else I'd get the model of fridge.
Trailer is a 2015 Coachmen 16FB
If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear them.
