How to Troubleshoot Your Dometic RV Fridge (With a Mobile RV Tech)

Here's a step-by-step walkthrough of how to troubleshoot a Dometic RV fridge.
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Time Stamps

0:00 Intro
1:17 Prep
1:45 Ground
2:21 Terminal Block
3:31 Thermal Disk
5:48 Thermal Fuse
7:43 Fuse
8:32 Orange Wire
11:05 Gas
11:59 Gas Valve
12:55 Ignitor
14:21 Propane
16:20 Electric
16:37 Black Wire
17:16 Outlet
18:21 AC IN
19:31 Fuse
20:29 Heater Pin
21:59 Heating Element

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[notwhereyouthink]

What a breath of fresh air this woman is. So knowledgable and puts a lot of so-called RV experts to shame.

[JOELTUCKER-cd]

Retired domestic automotive tech and service director since 1986. Sitting at a campground as I'm sending this, stuck using three coolers with ice instated of my fridge...until i watched your video and found that the thermal disc had and open . I bypassed the fuse and most of my food is now saved to enjoy for the rest of our vacation. Thanks is not good enough, Your Awesome!!!

[daviscrt]

One of the best play by play for a Dometic fridge. Thanks Don

[RickyMcSpanish]

My god, I have a 30 year old ford transit where the fridge works on gas and mains but not on 12v and thanks to our algorithm overlords, It brought me to this video and it only dropped 5 hours ago.

Instant Sub!

Thanks for all the tips

[DavidJohnson-yyiu]

It seems I've gone thru scores of RV refrigerator videos. This is by far the best.

[DB-yo]

Thanks for the tutorial. Your blend of knowledge and humor is awesome and yes you helped me figure this out. Thanks is not adequate enough.

[louandpaulanickles]

As a guy who spent my entire career in an electro-mechanical field, I find your explanations a little dragged out, but probably exactly what is needed for those without my (our) background(s). You have been spot on with the diagnoses in both of the video’s I’ve watched so far. Great personality mixed with accurate technical info shared. God bless you! Thanks for your willingness to share the talents you have been blessed with.

[tonguefetch]

Outstanding Video. i am an Instrumentstion Engineering tech and this covers everything clear and concise. Well done! Gloves was a great tip, No fingers touching metal parts when measuring AC, lot of people rest thier hands on the metal when poking around, or put thier index finger on the netal shaft of thier screwdriver.

[BruceKuchta]

Emily, Your explanation is amazing. I have worked in electronics for over 55 years. I have never heard such a cogent and clear walk through a troubleshooting process as yours. ( your analogy of a switch being like a drawbridge is brilliant ). Tomorrow I will follow your logic and troubleshoot my Dometic refrigerator that won't cool on shore power. Thank you!

[stevenbruce]

We bought a 2014 coachman clipper in the fall from a friend who stated “everything works”, we got it home winterized it and patiently waited for spring to enjoy some camping trip. I pulled it from storage yesterday, dewinterized it and discovered I cannot get the fridge or hot water tank to work. Spent the night disappointed and aggravated then I discovered this channel and now I’m confident I can make the repairs with your guidance. Thank you so much!!

[harleytower]

Well THANK YOU !!! Out of all the videos i have watch in trying to repair my fridge, yours was the only on that spoke of the heating element. Replaced it and were up and working. Again, thank you for being so knowledgeable on RV repair.

[bobr]

Your troubleshooting process is fantastic! I followed your process to determine where the problem might be on my Dometic RV refrigerator and your step-by-step system saved me $50! It ended up being the thermal fuse so I ordered the replacement and will install it tomorrow. Thanks so much for what you do!

[Dillon-guik]

A tree about 10’ from out TT was struck by lightning 5 days ago. Came home to fridge, WH, and furnace non operational. The GFI was also blinking red for replacement. We replaced gfi and outlets work again. Thanks to your video I chased down the eyebrow board in refer as being the culprit for no lights and no operation to refer. I found out our furnace and WH boards are also toast and will be replacing them once the new ones come in the mail. Thanks for the videos and tips.

[MrMbill]

i am so glad i saw this i am an "old school" car mechanic and you make me feel with your help i can figure something out. i will know more when i get in there, you and i together will push forward. thanks

[Dan-rotv]

As being daimbranaged on a horse fall, I'm rewatching this video over n over... and walla'
I fixed it with your help of coarse. Wonderful, informative
Video.

[thekindrider]

This woman is great. My fridge didn't work and I followed her method and determined my circuit board was bad. My Power Probe read 3.7v at the orange wire but 13v going into the board. This indicates the board is bad. I was using a power probe to test the board which can apply power, so I pushed 12v to the orange wire and the fridge came to life. I then disconnected and reconnected 12v to the fridge and it works normally in all modes. Maybe this trick will help somebody get a few more days out of a bad board. Good luck

[chadwerenko]

What a great video. So much information laid out so clearly! Thanks for posting. You've made the world better 😊

[stevemishler]

Well done! Clear, concise explanations of all the logical steps. If only all how to videos were as good 👍

[flyertx]

I watch a lot of YouTube videos and yours was one of the best. Thanks!