Fridge won't cool on anything
2012 class C, 2-way absorption fridge. 30A shore
Customer says: The fridge doesn't get cold on gas or electric. It worked last trip.
Faint ammonia smell outside at the fridge vent.
Tests you can run
- Run it on gas, then electric, a few hours each
- Element amps on electric
- Watch the burner and feel the flue on gas
- Freezer fin temperature after 6 hours
- Look at the back of the fridge through the outside vent
- Check the coach is level
- Check the roof and side vents
- Leave it running overnight with the coach closed up to see if it cools
- Flip the fridge upside down to 'burp' it
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
- Freezer's fine, fridge is warm
- Fridge check light on gas