New cooling unit or refurbish?
I need to make a decision shortly on which way to go for a Dometic cooling unit. If I send my unit in for repairs it will cost around $870 U.S. with a 5 year warranty. If I buy a new unit it w...
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To my thinking there are a few possibilities for the problem now.
1. When the ammonia gas leak started a few months ago, it was so strong I had to remove the fridge from the house.
I got a friend to help me move the fridge to my front stairs.
In the process (we used a trolley) the fridge dropped at least six inches with a strong thud as it was going out the door.
This could have caused something to break in a fridge component.
2. When I was putting together the control rods (the two main ones are the electric/gas and thermo setting rods) I didn't test them and it is likely that one/both were not working (connected properly) and also set at the wrong setting. For example the elec/gas switch needs to be set to electric.
Just now I lay the fridge on its side to get to the rod access.
The elec/gas rod was NOT turning as I suspected.
I don't know if it was in the correct position (electric).
I turned it manually and plugged in the fridge, with fridge still lying down.
After just 15 minutes I started to smell something nasty.
It was like a burnt plastic smell.
I unplugged it right away.
What would have caused that smell?
The gas setting?
The fact that the fridge was on its side?
Not sure what to try next.
It doesn't help that one leg on the fridge comes off.
To my thinking there are a few possibilities for the problem now.
1. When the ammonia gas leak started a few months ago, it was so strong I had to remove the fridge from the house.
I got a friend to help me move the fridge to my front stairs.
In the process (we used a trolley) the fridge dropped at least six inches with a strong thud as it was going out the door.
This could have caused something to break in a fridge component.
2. When I was putting together the control rods (the two main ones are the electric/gas and thermo setting rods) I didn't test them and it is likely that one/both were not working (connected properly) and also set at the wrong setting. For example the elec/gas switch needs to be set to electric.
Just now I lay the fridge on its side to get to the rod access.
The elec/gas rod was NOT turning as I suspected.
I don't know if it was in the correct position (electric).
I turned it manually and plugged in the fridge, with fridge still lying down.
After just 15 minutes I started to smell something nasty.
It was like a burnt plastic smell.
I unplugged it right away.
What would have caused that smell?
The gas setting?
The fact that the fridge was on its side?
Not sure what to try next.
It doesn't help that one leg on the fridge comes off.
