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Could be that the heater element coincidently packed up.

This happened to us with a new van once and Electrolux came to the house ti fix it under warranty.

You could pull the fridge out and check the wiring terminals and that 230V is getting to the switch on the fridge if you feel confident and its not under warranty.

Is it the type with no mains warning light?

I fitted a neon warning light from Maplins on ours.

Hi Tentmad , you should be able to reach the fridge heating element / wiring by removing the top outside fridge vent , one thing you could check before taking the fridge or vent out is to see if it's ( the fridge surrounding area ) getting warm when on 240volts , if it is the element should be ok . 

atb

Wizard

dont worry mum its get sorted out dad will probably fix it it might just be a miner fault that hes missed when hes checking it did the people who owned it before us mention any problems with it ,you should try contacting them up about it they might know what to do and like wizard said it could be because of the heat because it does get very hot around there

>>on the outside of the van there is only one vent hole and then the small exhaust pipe cover, could it be that it just isnt getting enough air around it?

If you only have one vent on the side and the exhaust vent there should be a vent/vents underneth the fridge allowing air to come up through the floor .

atb

Wizard

There are usually two large grills on the side to let the heat out with Electrolus/Dometic etc on them.

I purchased a fan from Maplins about 6in by 6in and fitted it across the top grill inside so that when its very hot (Spain) it can be switched on to extract the heat.

>>no there is nothing, as the fridge sits over the wheel arch,but there is a tiny little cupboard under it.

 there should be some way of air getting in from lower down to allow the hot air from the fridge to come out of the top vent easier . Is there any vents in the cupboard ? maybe they've been cover over .

atb

Wizard

Quote: Originally posted by tentmad on 30/08/2005

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nope its totally sealed up apart from the top vent just under the window  could the fridge have cooked itself? due to not enough ventillation?

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Hi Tentmad, I take it the top vent just under the window is on the inside of the van?, if so this is just like our van and the incoming air for the fridge (on ours) comes in via a mesh covered large square hole in the floor under the fridge, I found this out when I removed the fridge to turn it upside down as the gasses had settled out, it works fine now

Rob

Don't know about it cooking it's self due to poor ventilation , but it wouldn't be very efficient at cooling the fridge . I've got a feeling that when you had the gas and mains running together this may have done the element in .

atb

Wizard