Dometic Fridge Not Working

[crazycamper]

dometic fridge dead not lights on any settings, there appears to be 12v and 240 going to it
any help would be great thx

 

[crazycamper]

oh and 1st post as quite new, so Hi all
tony

 

[DBK]

Does it work on gas?

And Welcome! Nothing chilling on here, including unfortunately you're 'fridge.

 

[CWH]

Hi @crazycamper, I'm quite a newbie too but from my own experience of having problems with the fridge (& getting them sorted), here's a few questions:

Was the fridge working before?
Is the M/H on hook-up?
- habitation power switched on?
- fridge power switched on?
If gas:
- gas connected & turned on?
- gas to fridge turned on?
- fridge switched on?
Fridge turned to correct selection or auto?

 

[crazycamper]

yes to all cwh, and no won' evan work on gas its got power going to it but no lights coming on at selector switch, very strange

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[Baycott]

Hi @crazycamper and welcome.
Silly I know but stranger things have happened........... is the thermostat turned up?
good luck with it.

 

[crazycamper]

yes thanks John, think its the fridge its self as power is going it' going to south coast at 6 am so will have to have a play with it when there lol so no wine for me today LOL

 

[Gellyneck]

Go north instead at 06.00. It's bl**** freezing up here this morning!
Hope you had some success with fridge?

 

[Jim]

This document from our Resource section will help. http://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/resources/dometic-fridge-diagnostic-service-manual.103/ There are a couple of other fridge handbooks in that section too.

 

[Silkcut1105]

proberly a fault on pcb ???

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[Jim]

proberly a fault on pcb ???

That is what the troubleshooting guide suggests too Stu

 

[barsteward]

Have been having exactly the same problem but I'm in Spain/Portugal, been pulling my hair out.
Mine does however power up every now and again, usually for just a couple of hrs and then power off for as much as 5 days then mysteriously fire up again.
So frustrating

 

[funflair]

If you getting 12 volts all the way to the control panel/PCB I have to agree with Silkcut1105 that it must be a fault on the board itself.

 

[SandraL]

We have a dometic with aes, ( auto energy selection) circa 2012. When it failed it was the ribbon cable coming down from on/off button not properly seated onto the pcb inside black box at rear of fridge, accesable on ours through lower outside fridge vent. Had to remove black outer cover of pcb before I had access. The ribbon cable was grey, about 25mm ish wide if I remember ..... Good Luck

 

[magicsurfbus]

I don't know how long your trip is, but if all else fails you could get by with a Halfords-type 12v cooler box for the essentials, until your fridge is sorted.

Plug it into the cab socket when driving, and into the habitation area circuit when stopped. That's what we used when our Dometic refused to work on 12v for a while.

Keep the box and you could always flog it on eBay to get some money back when the fridge is fixed.

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[crazycamper]

thanks to all, fridge now fixed
for some reason the fridge is connected to the back of the radio, or at least shares the power connection with inline fuse, COOL DAYS AHEAD

 

[DBK]

... for some reason the fridge is connected to the back of the radio...

A musical fridge! What tunes does it play when you open the door?

 

[crazycamper]

LOL baby its cold inside

 

[ianhyslop]

Anything by Coldplay

 

[ianhyslop]

Ice ice baby by vanilla ice .

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[ianhyslop]

Theme tune from Frozen .

 

[ianhyslop]

I will stop now .

 

[Wildbill]

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This document from our Resource section will help. http://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/resources/dometic-fridge-diagnostic-service-manual.103/ There are a couple of other fridge handbooks in that section too.

s there a water hetter section?
bill

 

[crazycamper]

snow stopping me now