diamond G Ranch
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I have an older 1992 Fleetwood wilderness travel trailer that I purchased from the original owner and it was in great shape- I completely remodeled the inside and repainted the exterior- The original Dometic fridge worked surprisingly well, especially after I put one of those tornado exhaust fans in the rear cabinet to draw the heat out.....performs much better than any new fridge in these killer hot Arizona summers- well I finally am having problems with this fridge on AC- when you plug it in and turn the selector switch to Elec it fires right up and it will cool perfectly for hours....and then sometime through the night it will quit....when I look at my digital temp gauge both the fridge and freezer are room temp....the back of the fridge is cool, not working.....it shut down sometime through the night....no blown fuse, no blown breaker, the fridge is getting power and it works great on propane. I unplugged the travel trailer for a few hours, plugged it back in, turned the selector switch to Elec and the fridge started working again.....it worked fine for 6 hours and then sometime during the night it shut off again.....I then took it to the RV repair place....of course the fridge fired right up on elec and everything tested just fine....but I had them replace 2 parts that could have been the problem, even though it was working at that moment(I live an hour from civilization in the country so I was trying to be proactive) They replaced the selector switch and the AC heating element....it fired right up on both elec and propane and they tested everything again just to make sure before I left.....I went home, Plugged it in and the fridge worked great on elec....was working for 5 hours before I went to bed- and the fridge quit again sometime during the night while on elec....SAME PROBLEM.....I really am trying to avoid leaving my travel trailer at the repair place .....I realize it is hard to diagnose if you can't reproduce the problem- as I said, it runs fine on elec and cools great for hours....but sometime during the night it shuts off on elec only....through the process of elimination what would be the next part to replace?? As I said, a new selector switch was installed and a new AC heating element was installed.....so what would be the next part to change....?? I really love this travel trailer just as it is, I know the fridge is very old but it works unbelievably well when its working properly....I really would love to get it working right if I can...within reason of course.....I use this travel trailer mostly for boondocking, so I only use the elec function when I am preparing for the trip at the house, other wise I only use the LP function....but I would like it to work properly....so If I can figure this problem out and fix it, I would rather do that. Dometic customer service isnt much help since the problem is intermittent....and the repair shop can't help me unless they can reproduce the problem which would require me to leave the travel trailer there(it's a bad neighborhood, trying to avoid that)
So does anyone have any input....I'd rather throw a few parts at this thing first before I either give up or leave it at the repair place.
RM2610
Product #9219801
Serial #20705467
6 cu fridge with top freezer
Thanks!!
So does anyone have any input....I'd rather throw a few parts at this thing first before I either give up or leave it at the repair place.
RM2610
Product #9219801
Serial #20705467
6 cu fridge with top freezer
Thanks!!