Dometic undercounter fridge.

[nickmessitis]

I picked up my caravan from my local workshop, “CNS”
for privacy reasons!

The fridge previously worked intermittently and CNS assured me they had fixed this. I have no reasons to doubt them, as they are good and have done previous jobs for us. They said the connections are solid.

Anyhow the caravan is in storage so I don’t have 240v. I turned the power on at the PSU but no lights appeared on the fridge.

I connected the caravan up to the car, a VW Passat, revved the engine and put the windscreen heater on, but the fridge didn’t come on. I looked behind the vents on the caravan and the wiring looked ok

Any ideas anyone please.

Thanks Nick

 

[Hutch]

Caravan make and model and year, will help, please. Also Fridge model No.
Starting from basics do you have a battery fitted to the caravan,
Is the caravan battery, charged ?
Did the fridge work from the car before.?
.Have you set the fridge to Automatic, or to 12 volt,?
Is the fridge fuse ok. ?

 

[Buckman]

No 240v so can only be run from the car if set to the 12v. However if the car has a Smart alternator fitted, the fridge may not always operate as no 12v even if you switch on a draining accessory on the car to get the alternator to kick in. A lot depends if the car is wired to supply the 12v for the fridge. Only way to check is to connect up to 240V. Does the fridge work using gas?