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Old 11-17-2018, 02:46 PM   #1
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Fridge problems

Hello everyone I am looking for advice on a situation with my Forest River r-pod refrigerator. So to get directly to the point it will not power off nor will it power on it only repeats a cycle constantly beeping noise of full power and power off if that makes any sense? so let me try to explain that a little bit clearer one more time cuz I know this sounds weird, but the refrigerator will power up for a total of 3 to 5 seconds and then automatically power down this has been going on for 2 days in a row. Prior to a few days ago the camper trailer has been in dry storage unplugged with no power. Thanks again any ideas?
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Old 11-17-2018, 03:03 PM   #2
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It would help if you posted make and model number of fridge.
Since you left the trailer unplugged and the fridge needs 12v for the electronics, is the battery fully charged?
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Old 11-17-2018, 04:01 PM   #4
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Dometic fridge will not stay powered up?

2017 Dometic fridge model number RM8501 , located in my 2017 Forest River r-pod 179 model. The fridge has a serial number 53700034. I have checked every fuse I could find it all fuses are properly working also I took the marine RV battery out over to O'Reilly's and they checked it battery excellent condition. so I cannot figure out why the power will not stay on for more than 5 Seconds at a time. The fridge were all the automatically shut down for a few minutes and then power back up again on its own immediately followed by powering down again the cycle continues on constantly throughout the day and night for the last 2 days?
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Are your house batteries fully charged?
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2017 Dometic fridge model number RM8501 , located in my 2017 Forest River r-pod 179 model. The fridge has a serial number 53700034. I have checked every fuse I could find it all fuses are properly working also I took the marine RV battery out over to O'Reilly's and they checked it battery excellent condition. so I cannot figure out why the power will not stay on for more than 5 Seconds at a time. The fridge were all the automatically shut down for a few minutes and then power back up again on its own immediately followed by powering down again the cycle continues on constantly throughout the day and night for the last 2 days?
Does your fridge have internal batteries? I read something about a battery pack with 8AA batteries in that model. Also may have a battery at the igniter. Are you running from shore power at all? If so have you checked the voltage?
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Are your house batteries fully charged?
OP said in post #4 the battery checked good at O'Reilly's.

My guess is the control board for the fridge is bad.
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