does the flame get bigger when you turn thermostat clockwise? With the lights off, or using a cardboard tube, you should be able to see if flame changes size when turning the thermostat. There may be a sealed tube "sensor" at the cooling unit. On the Dometic, this tube connects from thermostat to metal cooling unit. A small piece of white rubber or silicone holds this tube up against, or close to, the cooling unit metal. Some images of my old Dometic fridge: Dometic thermostat showing this sealed tube (silver metal) tube at cooling pipe inside fridge where tube fits on cooling unit. On the Dometic, there is a small white rubber or silicon piece that holds this tube close to or against the metal.
Neil. On 5/4/16, thewestyman <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote: > I have an Electrolux fridge in my van in Europe, which is almost exactly the > same as the Dometic I have at home. I managed to light it up quite easy, > but it won’t cool any. I turned it upside down for one night. Now the gas > is burning for three days but it won’t start the cooling.
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