Dometic fridge strange behaviour

[Graham Wright]

Hi all,

So we got to our caravan today and connected mains etc. up as normal. Went to turn the fridge on, Dometic RMS8551, the lights on the panel flashed briefly as normal but instead of staying on went off. The internal light does the same thing. After a few seconds all the lights come on but very very faint, and other than the on/off button none of the others work. I’ve checked fuses and all are OK. 12v/mains is working in the rest of the van.
Any thoughts? As not sure how to keep our food cold for the next week.
Cheers,
Graham

 

[Dustydog]

Basics first.
Is the 230 v plug properly connected to the socket?They can work loose in transit.

You do of course have gas as a back up. Have you tried igniting on gas?
The internal light is 12 v .
A clue perhaps? Maybe a dry joints on the pcb.
However as you are away try and run on gas. It works very well. Then get a fix after yiur hols or call out a local AWS engineer.
This video may help

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX97a_Xk4Es