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06-09-2017, 07:00 PM
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Fridge won't turn on
We had our flagstaff T19QBHW plugged in over night and turned the fridge on to cool it down. We went out today to load up, and the fridge will not turn on. We've checked the fuses, breaker and everything is fine. Any idea as to what might be going on? It is parked on a level surface.
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06-09-2017, 07:07 PM
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Is your battery charged/turned on? Does the microwave work? Did you push the correct on button? Is the propane/elect button in auto mode?
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06-09-2017, 07:11 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flybob
Is your battery charged/turned on? Does the microwave work? Did you push the correct on button? Is the propane/elect button in auto mode?
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Yes battery is charged and on. The microwave works when plugged into the wall. Yes, I pushed the correct on/off button.
Are you referring to propane/elect button on fridge?
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06-09-2017, 07:27 PM
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Yes propane elect button. On some the correct position is confusing. Does fridge light come on when door is opened?
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06-09-2017, 07:34 PM
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Is this first time using it? If so make sure it is plugged in inside the vent on the outside of your camper. Mine was left unplugged from the factory.
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06-09-2017, 07:52 PM
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Can you post make/model of your fridge?
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06-09-2017, 08:13 PM
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06-09-2017, 08:13 PM
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Any error codes on the display?
What type of fridge? Dometic? Norcold?
Mike
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06-09-2017, 08:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 4B11T
Is this first time using it? If so make sure it is plugged in inside the vent on the outside of your camper. Mine was left unplugged from the factory.
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No it is not our first time using.
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06-09-2017, 08:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flybob
Yes propane elect button. On some the correct position is confusing. Does fridge light come on when door is opened?
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That's a great question about the fridge light! Let me check.
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06-09-2017, 08:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by walaby
Any error codes on the display?
What type of fridge? Dometic? Norcold?
Mike
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Dometic. No errors, nothing
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06-09-2017, 08:18 PM
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I believe the OP has a high wall A-frame and this is a 3-way fridge.
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06-09-2017, 08:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bikendan
I believe the OP has a high wall A-frame and this is a 3-way fridge.
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Correct. We have a high wall a frame, with a 3 way fridge.
Thanks for clarification.
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06-09-2017, 08:32 PM
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Few points of clarification - it is a 3 way fridge. Last night it was plugged into AC and running. This afternoon when I went in there to load the fridge, it was not running. My husband checked the breakers, the fuses (including the fuses on the back of the fridge). I checked the A.C. outlet the fridge is plugged into and it has power. We disconnected battery and tried to run it in just AC and still nothing. We also disconnected AC and tried to run on DC and still nothing.
No lights on control panel and fridge is warm inside.
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06-09-2017, 08:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by walaby
Any error codes on the display?
What type of fridge? Dometic? Norcold?
Mike
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Dometic. No error codes.
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06-09-2017, 09:22 PM
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Probably not this, since you don't see any error codes on the display, but I had similar issue recently. Fridge was working fine on trip home. Got home, plugged into AC and next morning everything in freezer was melted, fridge quit working. Did some research and this thermal temp switch had "popped". The switch is on the propane burner chimney. Here's a link to a thread that shows it. http://www.forestriverforums.com/for...-e3-44196.html My switch was a small black button. Pushed it to reset and it worked fine.
Now, as I said, mine had the error code Err3. It would flash when I tried to power it up, then the temp would display 60. I could hear fans power up, lights come on, and then everything shut down except the err code and temp.
Mike
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06-09-2017, 09:25 PM
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Thanks Mike. We will look into this
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06-09-2017, 09:40 PM
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Just as confused as you
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Kinda looks as the outlet your fridge is plugged into is a GFCI outlet. If it is make sure it is not tripped.
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06-09-2017, 10:17 PM
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I have same fridge RM 2354 and had the same problem a couple of times. after playing with all the power setting resetting the fuses it started working then on the next trip a couple of weeks later it did it again! I think the problem is the PC board on top of the fridge inside and the buttons seem to be very flaky and now I just lightly touch them to use it and have had no problem the last couple of months. If mine does it again I most likely will replace that control card with the switches. Keep me posted on your problem since I may have to deal with it again.
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06-09-2017, 10:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bikendan
I believe the OP has a high wall A-frame and this is a 3-way fridge.
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I believe you are correct and it's the same fridge I have. If nothing on the control panel lights up, it isn't getting power. I suspect it's the 12 volt side. If the fuses under the black cover on the backside of the fridge (lower vent) are all good, then you need to check your spade fuses in your converter panel.
I could be mistaken but I think the control panel power comes via a cartridge fuse (under the black cover) not a spade (ATO) fuse.
Not much to go wrong with that model, pretty simple stuff actually.
You also may have an over temp resettable breaker on the boiler as well (if you were running on 110 to pre cool the fridge, it may have tripped. I pre cool mine on propane, always.
Looking at your picture, I see that there is no fan in the upper cavity to exhaust the heat produced by the condenser. Thats something you need and I'm surprised it's not there. It could have very well overheated on 110 and kicked the high temp breaker.
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