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just been away in our caravan and the fridge stopped working on the mains option, its ok on gas and 12v the power light is on but its not getting cold, i rang my dealer and he says its most likely the heating element, before i go and order one has anyone here had the same problem and what was the cause please, its a dometic fridge, but not sure of the model no yet.

many thanks in advance    les

This may be of help if you need a element click-here .

atb

Wizard

You need to test the element ( i think ) for a open circuit , using a multi-meter .
I know how i'd check this , but am finding it difficult to explain in text so the person reading it can do it correctly . Hopefully someone will come along soon that can explain it to you .

atb

Wizard

Hi Les, Your dealer is right, if the fridge is working on gas  and you have 240v to it then it will have failed, it could be the thermostat but thats unlikly, I've never changed  stat on a Dometic fridge, just a little tip before ordering make sure you order the correct element as there are several different wattage's for different models, the infomation you need is on the data plate insie the fridge.

many thanks again for the replies, gonna get the info from fridge and order heater element as it all seems to point to it failing, thanks again to all, excellent friendly forum, hope i can be of help sometime.

               les

Just as an update, in Novembers issue of Practical Caravan they have done an article about replacing a Dometic fridge cooling element, just what i'm about to do!!

How coincidental is that!