Dometic fridge won t light on gas

Our unit was under the recall and we had the work done by a local dealer. There is no clicking sound like there always has been when I try to get it started on gas. It just had refrigerator. It only lights intermittantly and usually when its cold outside but never on a warm or hot day.

As Harry says, it helps if you light the gas ring first, to bring the gas from the bottle to the kitchen area. They can be a pain in the bum and no mistake. HOW TO LIGHT A DOMETIC RV FRIDGE MANUALLY In this video I show how to light a dometic 2RV propane fridge manually this lighting procedure applies to most older RV propane refrigerators.

Great Range Of Fridges From £69. Within an Hour of Ordering. Buy Now Pay Months Later. Our dometic fridge is a bitch to light on gas after it has been on anything else for a while. Switch to gas , hold the knob in, wait for ignition, release and see if keep clicking.

Usually have to do this several times before it kicks in. When i was away last the fridge worked fine on 240V though this time it would not light on gas. The gas was switched on at the bottle and at the local isolation tap. The fridge interior light was fine (fuse was OK) and I could hear the ignitor clicking when I attempted to light it.

When switched manually to the gas mode I got a blinking light rather than a steady light. Operating the fridge on mains electric overnight it works fine. However, when in this electric mode and the fridge is down to temperature, if the switch is turned to the gas mode sometimes the light will be steady for some time before going to blinking mode, at other times it will start blinking straight.

It gets gas to the burner but there is no spark. The electrode is clean and the gap. There are a few ways you can troubleshoot the gas ignition on a Dometic refrigerator. It will work on shore power and volt but when I try to ignite the LP I get a spark but no pilot light. CLICK HERE TO REMOVE THESE ADVERTS So this morning I awoke to the Dometic igniter sparking away without a gas supply to quench it.

On the way down, the fridge started refusing to operate on gas , which is inconvenient, to say the least. Once here, I was able to have a look at all the accessible parts without removing the fridge , through the rear vents. I ran the air out of the gas line as usual before trying to light the fridge and still had gas at the stove next to the fridge after the fridge failed to light several times. Hi I cannot get my electrolux fridge to work on gas. The yellow ignition rocker switch no longer flashes when in the on position and the gas fails to ignite.

Below is a useful diagram of the gas absorption cooling unit on your Dometic refrigerator : The first thing to know is that the cooling units on every Dometic gas absorption refrigerator are gravity operated and MUST be level in order to run properly. Hi All, I am hoping to get a little help with my fridge. I’ve got some helpful RV refrigerator repair tips for you — whether you have a Dometic refrigerator not cooling, a Norcold refrigerator not cooling, or any other RV fridge not working properly. Most RV owners have little understanding about how the refrigerator works — beyond turning it on and switching between gas and electric operation.

Sometimes if you have not used the fridge on gas for a long time it takes a while for the gas to get to the fridge to light. My old fridge in the previous van would take up to three or four minutes to light. Handy features, including handy bottle fingers, the Classic RV refrigerator series makes an ideal replacement refrigerator for RVs.

The Classic is designed to fit the existing cabinet openings of most older refrigerators.