How to reset Dometic fridge?

[Audrey & John]

We've been having trouble with our Dometic fridge. Seems like the contents weren't that cold. We found that the air temperature displayed is way off for both the fridge and freezer. The actual air temp in fridge is around 55 degrees, in the freezer around 15. Yet the display shows the air temps around 36 fridge, freezer at 1 to 2.

It used to work - or at least show the air temp higher if the door was left open for a while, etc. Our food was cold enough. Something happened.

Dometic tech told us to try reset the fridge by disconnecting both 110 and 12V for 10 minutes. We tried that, nothing changed. Tried also for 30 mins, same result.

We expected the clock to need to be set again and the fridge setting to change to a default one, but saw nothing indicating a reset. Wouldn't you lose these values? We're not convinced that we successfully reset the fridge.

We can't get tech support now until Monday.

We probably need a new controller box. Arrrgh - this is annoying. Seems like a bunch of stuff started going out right after the 1 year mark.

(Having trouble with the Kingdome too)

Audrey

[Audrey & John]

We've been having trouble with our Dometic fridge. Seems like the contents weren't that cold. We found that the air temperature displayed is way off for both the fridge and freezer. The actual air temp in fridge is around 55 degrees, in the freezer around 15. Yet the display shows the air temps around 36 fridge, freezer at 1 to 2.

It used to work - or at least show the air temp higher if the door was left open for a while, etc. Our food was cold enough. Something happened.

Dometic tech told us to try reset the fridge by disconnecting both 110 and 12V for 10 minutes. We tried that, nothing changed. Tried also for 30 mins, same result.

We expected the clock to need to be set again and the fridge setting to change to a default one, but saw nothing indicating a reset. Wouldn't you lose these values? We're not convinced that we successfully reset the fridge.

We can't get tech support now until Monday.

We probably need a new controller box. Arrrgh - this is annoying. Seems like a bunch of stuff started going out right after the 1 year mark.

(Having trouble with the Kingdome too)

Audrey

[Barbaraok]

Did you happen to remark that you had two nickels left at the end of the month when you were standing in the coach? Just like a car (or house) one must be careful uttering words that indicate there might be funds available to replace something!

Barbara

[EngineerMike]

Aud- There's a battery on the MotherBoard that'll probably serve to hold any settings. Don't know if it is removable to do a full reset. See my post on the other fridge thread about fuses.

[Audrey & John]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by EngineerMike:
Aud- There's a battery on the MotherBoard that'll probably serve to hold any settings. Don't know if it is removable to do a full reset. See my post on the other fridge thread about fuses. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Well the tech didn't say anything about messing with the battery. He just told us to disconnect 12V and unplug from 110 for 10 minutes. So I'll assume we've done the proper "reset" and it didn't help. We'll call Dometic back Monday morning.

I figured there might be a battery on the motherboard to at least keep time (since the manual uses the term "real-time clock" that usually implies a battery).

Audrey

[Audrey & John]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Barbaraok:
Did you happen to remark that you had two nickels left at the end of the month when you were standing in the coach? Just like a car (or house) one must be careful uttering words that indicate there might be funds available to replace something!

Barbara </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
HA!

I'm definitely a "knock on wood" type of person who tries not to tempt fate.

And almost everything is still under warranty (at least 2005 and later models including appliances have 3 year warranties).

Who knows? I just figure a lot of things do break right after the 1 year period which is why most coaches have a 1 year warranty. Maybe?

Audrey