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Old 07-20-2017, 11:03 AM   #1
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Dometic RM2852 Refrigerator will not come on

I have 118 volts coming out of the plug and going to the circuit board. Both fuses are good as they ohm out to 3 and 5.
I have 12 volts at the block where white wire and white with yellow stripe wire come out. This one has an inline 5amp fuse and it is good.
No power at the switch on the top left above the freezer door.
No lights on the control panel, inside light does not come on.
Any help would be greatly appreciated

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Old 07-20-2017, 11:17 AM   #2
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Check your fuses again if they are not reading zero or completely closed then they are blown.
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Old 07-20-2017, 03:47 PM   #3
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Agree with Todd. They can look good and be blown. I always check them with a meter.

If they are good unplug and replug the connections a few times to make sure they're making good connection.
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Old 07-20-2017, 07:50 PM   #4
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Ok I will try that.
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Old 07-20-2017, 08:30 PM   #5
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Dometic RM2852 Refrigerator will not come on

X3 on the fuses. I had a recent issue with the fridge not running on 120v. It would only run on propane. The 5A glass fuse on the control board looked fine but gave an intermittent open circuit reading when I checked continuity. I replaced it and voila, the 120v circuit worked.
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Old 07-20-2017, 08:41 PM   #6
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FYI - The fridge runs on 12 volts DC.

It HEATS with either 12volts DC and propane or 120 volt heater.

If you have no 12 volt DC you will not have a refrigerator at all.

This could be a blown 12 volt fuse that feeds the fridge since you don't get an AUTO light when pressed.

If you get an auto light at the "eyebrow" panel but no cold; check the stack over-temp breaker. (see photo)
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Old 07-20-2017, 09:13 PM   #7
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Ok cool. Thanks!!
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Old 07-21-2017, 05:42 PM   #8
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I had a similar problem ended up being the heating element.
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Old 07-24-2017, 12:18 AM   #9
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I have 118 volts coming out of the plug and going to the circuit board. Both fuses are good as they ohm out to 3 and 5.
I have 12 volts at the block where white wire and white with yellow stripe wire come out. This one has an inline 5amp fuse and it is good.
No power at the switch on the top left above the freezer door.
No lights on the control panel, inside light does not come on.
Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks
Mostly I want to see no ohms across a fuse, but I want to be looking at same voltage on both side as well. When in doubt pull it out to check for continuity. Should be a dead short across a good fuse. Zero ohms.
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Old 07-24-2017, 02:51 PM   #10
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Check your CFI BREAKERS IN THE BATHROOM. COULD BE TRIPPED. You could have more than one CFI outlet (I think that's what they are called) it's the breaker built into an outlet. Might be your problem
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