Dometic Refigerator Repair Heating Element 

Hey Thats Awesome! Glade It Helped! Always a good idea to keep a spare one handy as well! Cheers, :)

Thanks for watching!

Yes you will save money doing it yourself! A lot of RV repair shops would likely just say o well u need a new fridge not the case at all! Glad it helped Cheers :)

Great Thanks For Watching!

Great, Thanks For Watching!

Thats Great! Thanks For The Comment! :)

Thats Great! Thanks for watching!

Thank You!

Wow that seems like a lot of different problems on one fridge... Do you take the trailer off road or is it an older fridge?

Hi There When in auto mode the fridge will run on A/C if available If A/C becomes unavailable it will automatically switch over to Gas as long as your propane is turned on of course. Cheers,& Thank You!

Good to know. I have the same model Dometic, but with different control panel (385 04 15-01). My refrigerator works well on gas, but on AUTO it doesn't seem to get nearly as cold. Just barely cold, not to the same level as when using propane after several hours connected to AC shore power on AUTO. The vertical heater flue doesn't get warm when running on AUTO. Should the flue feel warm to the touch from the heating element when running on AC? Do you (or anyone reading this) know where the blue wire hanging from the eyebrow connecter (6 plug) on the upper left of my control board connect to? The blue wire on my refrigerator is terminated with a piece of black shrink tubing.

If your hooked up to power and the fridge is not getting cold on auto or electric option then you may have a heating element problem, check all fuses in the little black box at the back of the fridge make sure they are not blown. Yes the flue will get warm on electric! If not your fridge won't get cold, Also make sure you have power going to the fridge (could be a flipped breaker) Make sure your RV & fridge are level! If it's not the element or fuse you likely have a Mother board problem it's that little black box at the back of the fridge. Hope this helps Cheers,

LittleRVrentals.com Yes, the heating element was the problem. By following your video, I was able to replace the element in less than half an hour. Now the refrigerator works great! Thanks!

Hey Thats Great! Happy I could help! Cheers! :)

Check that your thermostat in the fridge is adjusted higher or that it's not upside down.

Found it on eBay and came out of Chico California

Sounds like it's rusted in there? You may have to pull the fridge out of the trailer to get a better pulling angle I would also call an RV repair shop a lot of times they will give you some options over the phone... If all else fails you may have to take the fridge in for repair... Let me now how you make out Cheers and good luck!

Try cleaning your burner, Check all fuses and breakers, Make sure the plug that the fridge plugs into has power If all else fails you may have a lose wire some where or a faulty control board. Hope This Helps! Cheers,

Hi There, I believe thats a limit switch... it will trip incase of over heat or fire then shut down fridge, I was told by the RV dealer those never usually go bad. I think it does spin but i will have to check and get back to yea...

Hi John, Just an update I checked on my trailer and the limit switch does not spin on mine it is riveted in place by 2 rivets, Cheers.

Mine does spin even though it is riveted. Am considering replacing mine if possible.

I believe it's called a Thermal limit switch if the fridge malfunctions or gets to hot it will trip and shut off the gas supply.