Date:         Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:30:22 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Dometic refrigerator fail
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Help.  My Dometic refrigerator seems to be in partial failure mode.  The propane mode works fine, cools well.  I usually precool the refrigerator at home on A.C. before putting food in and switching to battery to drive to wherever I am camping, where I switch to propane.  This week, it would not cool on A.C., but worked fine on propane.  I also usually check to make sure it is cooling after a couple of hours, then let it run overnight at home.  This time, for some reason, I plugged it in and pushed the A.C. button, but never checked it again until I was almost ready to leave.  That's when I realized it was not cooling, and I did something I have never done before.  I fired up the propane and drove to my secret creekside spot in eastern Oklahoma with it running that way.   I figured the D.C. mode would not cool from ambient adequately during the warmish day.  Cooled fine on propane, even though the daytime temperatures exceed 75 F, forming frost on the cooling fins.

When I got home, I tried it again on A.C., without success.  I tried two different extension cords, just in case, but to no avail.

So, any ideas before I dig into the thing?  Thanks, mcneely