Fridge check light on gas
2014 fifth wheel, Norcold 2-door absorption fridge. On battery, no shore power
Customer says: The fridge works fine plugged in. On propane the check light comes on after a minute.
Stove and furnace light normally. You hear the fridge spark when it tries.
Tests you can run
- Watch the burner during a gas start
- LP pressure at the fridge gas valve test port
- 12V at the gas valve coil during the trial
- Pull the burner and orifice and look
- Electrode gap and ceramic
- Thermistor resistance
- Replace the control board
- Ream the orifice with a wire
Repair options
The lesson behind this case
Keep going on refrigerators
Learn it
- Absorption fridges (gas/electric)
- 12V compressor and residential fridges
- Absorption fridge won't run on gas
- Absorption fridge won't run on electric
- Is it the cooling unit?
Prove it
- Fridge won't run on gas
- Fridge is warm after unplugging
- Fridge works on gas, not electric
- Fridge won't cool on anything
- Freezer's fine, fridge is warm