The Check Light On The Dometic Refrigerator In My RV Keeps Coming On.
The Check Light On The Dometic Refrigerator In My RV Keeps Coming On.
by Anthony
(Dallas, Texas, USA)
The Check Light on the Dometic Refrigerator In My RV Keeps Coming On.
My check light on my Dometic Refrigerator keeps coming on. It will run on gas for 2-4 hours then the light will come on, then I can switch over to electric, and sometimes it will run another 2-3 hours, then after that no matter what I put it on, the check light keeps coming on. Any suggestions? Please email me what I can do. It's on my deer lease and I can't bring it to a dealer to repair it until February.
ANSWER: Hi Anthony, I have a pretty good idea of what is going on and I am not the bearer of good news. Even though you do not tell me what model Dometic Fridge you have, the problem you are experiencing is a common one.
In all likelihood, the power board on your refrigerator needs to be replaced. There is also a possibility that the entire Control Circuit Board needs to be replaced. This is not normally a do-it-yourself job and as far as I know, there is no workaround other than replacing the power board on your refrigerator.
Now if you would like to complete these repairs yourself, I would suggest that you look at the video below by Ford's RV Refrigerator Repair, where you can sign up and take online courses to learn how to do these repairs yourself.
If you are not comfortable doing the repairs yourself, I would suggest that you check in your area to see if there is a mobile RV repair company that can come to you to do the repairs (weather and terrain permitting).
Check all your wall plug that has the reset button. Press it. That might work.
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Won’t run on electric but will on gas by: Anonymous
My fridge will not run on electric but will on gas it try’s to light the gas while on ac mode
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Update on my gremlins (Check Light) by: Anonymous
Well we chased out the gremlins. Took the RV to a Dometic Service Center and after explaining when the check light comes on the service tech said "I bet I know what the problem is, and it’s not the refrigerator." After he looked it over and ran some tests he determined that the problem was the propane regulator. When the furnace, hot water heater and or stove demanded propane the pressure dropped significantly causing the check light to come on. Replaced the regulator and now we’re chillin. CHECK YOUR PROPANE REGULATOR before buying a new control board or refrigerator.
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Dometic check light issue by: Anonymous
I’ve been cursed with a gremlin in my refrigerator. Runs great on 110 electric and most of the time great on gas. The check light comes on occasionally, usually after the hot water heater, furnace and or stove is used. Usually if I shut it off for awhile and then restart it the problem is resolved. I’ve checked and cleaned the gas orvice and has a good blue flame. I think there might be an issue with gas flow but don’t know how to check it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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What if the check light doesn't come on by: Janice Biddle
What would be my problem if the refrigerator check light doesn't come on at all.
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Check light by: John
My check light on my fridge started coming on and resting it worked at first but now it keeps coming on in both modes,the fridge is less than a year old
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Easy fix, very thankful by: Anonymous
I just had the same problem of my Dometic check light coming on every 2 minutes while on gas. I said a prayer first. I can't afford to take it to a service shop right now and my fridge was just packed with groceries to survive on.
So I then went and removed the galvanized panels around the right side that are in front of the flue with a Philips screwdriver. There were only three screws. I saw the gas tube and tried to ignite where I could hear gas coming out but nothing really lit.
I then noticed that the igniter was actually more to the right and so I had to pull and bend out a panel covering the igniter. When I finally did I found where the gas and an igniter wire is at. I immediately noticed that the end of the wire had carbon build up on it's tip and so I got a flat-head screwdriver and scraped it off.
I then turned the fridge back on and I heard the gas come on again and BAM!..it ignited righted up and all things were good after that! All I had to do was clean that dirty wire and put the panels back on. I was thanking God, yup! Out of work right now and He showed me some mercy. I'm very thankful, it could have been worse.
It could be you need a new control board but it could be something as easy as I just had to do. Hope this helps someone!
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Flashing lights by: Ches
fridge won:t turn of with control switch -pulling fuse does the trick. but it will shut oo agin in a few hours . would like to know how to access front control panel
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circuit board by: M.T.H.
Thanks to the info, replacing the Circuit Board fixed my problem, If you have some skills and can follow directions you can do it yourself.
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Check light on refrigerator by: Fran C
Don't know if this would apply to the refrigerator when operating on propane, but we had problems with our heat not working, at times it worked fine and then it wouldn't work at all. We read a full-timers blog and they had the same problem. The fix was to open both propane tanks very slowly and leave them open at the same time. We've not had a problem since then. The same principle might work for the refrigerator.
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Fridge check light by: Jim Kimbell
I had the same problem with the fridge in our travel trailer. I took it to the dealer in west phoenix and he replaced the control board. Problem hasn't happened again.
He charged me $104.00 parts & labor and no more worries.
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Dometic Fridge, bad by: Doug
I have the same problem with my Lance Camper.
Did you ever find a fix
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Dometic Fridge won't stay on by: Joel
My Lance camper was manufactured during the summer of 1996, so my Dometic fridge (Model RM 3663)is not covered by the recall. However, since new this fridge would occasionally not stay on in propane mode while traveling. We have had 7 repairs in the past 13 years totalling over $1100.00. Qualified service techs have replaced PC boards several times, cleaned ground contacts, and replaced the burner electrode. I contacted a Dometic factory rep about the problem in 2008, and he worked with a dealer service tech to check out the fridge. They found nothing wrong, and the factory rep recommended replacing the PC board with a "universal" board. This helped on the following cross country trip, but on a subsequent trip, the check light came on several times while traveling in propane mode, and several times on 12 volt mode. This has been many years of frustration. Any suggestions?
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. Problem hasn't happened again.