Hi ....... I hope somebody may be able to help, in my Motorhome I have fitted a 'Dometic' 3 way fridge, Model No. RM7295L which is now 4 years old, 4 weeks ago when test running it on gas, it started smoking badly from the flue and smelling awful, I took the van to the dealers and they cleaned the soot out of the flue tube, all was fine, we've been running the fridge on electric for the past 3 weeks, and it's now stopped working completely, it doesn't matter which one of the 3 functions I select, it will not get cold (even on maximum), a chap on site suggested that I remove the fridge and turn it upside down for 24 hours, then replace it, leaving it again for 24 hours before restarting it, this I've done, but still it's not working, can anybody offer some advice please
Hi I am not sure if it apples to your model, but I know there were recalls on Dometic fridges (we had one for the old caravan which would have been about 3/4 years ago) there is some discussion on the following link to be honest I would contact Dometic, esp for safety reasons.
Well the only advice i can honestly give is to go and buy a new/second hand fridge, if it did not work after what you did to it i'm afraid then its totally kaput
Is the fridge old? If its lighting on gas ok, you have tried it both on mains & on 12v(only works with engine actually running, 12v is only for when you are driving)Then possibly coolant has leaked out & fridge will be scrap, unfortunately.
I have just had the same problem knowing about electric`s and gas i checked all the possible reasons why this £1100 fridge freezer wouldnt work.
Gas Jets ok nice blue flame , electric element getting warm again ok.
Looking closely at the coolant pipes i noticed a brown resin like substance on one of the joints,
Basically the coolant liquid has escaped which is made up of three components to make the gas unlike a domestic fridge it cannot be recharged its scrap.
I paid a Dometic fridge engineer £250 to rip the back off the fridge and change the coolant element better than paying for a new one, it works fine now as good as new and he fitted a small fan to cool the system down in hot weather for free Job took one hour. The elements are very hard to pull off the back it was totally scrap bent to hell so worth him doing it for £60 labour.
Turned the fridge onto gas last night, this morning behold, ice cubes!!, I've set the temp selection down to approx 25% of the setting and it's now seems to be working fine, I'll switch over to mains electric later this afternoon and see if it starts working. I'll post an update tomorrow.
The van being level is not an issue, we have used the fridge very successful on inclines, they say level so that the falme does burs straight up and not to the side, doing this there is a very slight chance that it could catch fire, but as the pilot light is protected by a metal shield then not really an issue. Its the manufacturer protecting themselves
The fridge can also fail to work on electric on an incline, it depends how much of an incline. Older fridges are more sensitive to this than newer ones.
A day of all things motorhome and campervan. The show is held both in the main indoor arena and across the grounds. Catering, hot drinks and food options are available. Easy access to the site and free parking included. Win one of five pairs of day tickets
Topic: Dometic Fridge Not Getting Cold
