Dometic fridge won't change to propane

[panacea97]

On my last trip in my 1996 Newmar Dutch Star the power that we were plugged into kept on going off. We found out pretty early that our fridge kept on working on electric and drained the batteries. I had it set on auto and the gauges say that there is 1/2 tank of LPG. When I manually try to switch it to gas, I don't hear the little "click" when it changes over, so I don't think that it is changing to gas at all. Has anyone had this problem? We were rudely awakened at 3:00 a.m. when the alarms went off signalling that the batteries were dead!

Barb

[panacea97]

On my last trip in my 1996 Newmar Dutch Star the power that we were plugged into kept on going off. We found out pretty early that our fridge kept on working on electric and drained the batteries. I had it set on auto and the gauges say that there is 1/2 tank of LPG. When I manually try to switch it to gas, I don't hear the little "click" when it changes over, so I don't think that it is changing to gas at all. Has anyone had this problem? We were rudely awakened at 3:00 a.m. when the alarms went off signalling that the batteries were dead!

Barb

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If your batteries were dead the refer needs 12v for control board to operate. You should have had 12v's from your converter supplied to control board while plugged into shore power. Your converter also charges your house batteries. I would check the converter for some problem make sure ckt braker is operated,power at outlet for it and if not maybe on GFI ckt supplying outlet.
You can also check the burner tube and make sure no cob webs in it and the auto spark points near end of burner tube are clean and about 1/8" gap for spark. If points are not good you can change for better spark.
You should also check the age of your batteries they maybe to old to hold a charge.