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08-17-2012, 09:59 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Fall Creek
Posts: 1,328
M.O.C. #3699
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Refrigerator Isn't Working
I don't have time to search but inside the refrigerator do you increase the cooling by moving the thermostat sensor on the metal vane up or down? Just can't remember.
Seems last last night it may have stopped working. Checked fuses, there is power to the unit, there is a full bottle of propane but it looks like it will not cool down. I totally powered it down and am bringing it back up to see if it will cool.
Anything else I can check or troubleshoot?
Thanks
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08-17-2012, 10:15 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
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Up or North to increase cooling. If you are running on gas insure the burner is lighting and staying lite. If not you may need to clean the burner tube. Jim
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08-17-2012, 01:19 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Wilsey
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by jimcol
Up or North to increase cooling. If you are running on gas insure the burner is lighting and staying lite. If not you may need to clean the burner tube. Jim
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Spiders, and other insects will nest in there.
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08-17-2012, 10:37 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Washington Coast
Posts: 2,688
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My Norcold started doing the same thing, little by little it got warmer and warmer no matter what I did and it is only a 5 month old 5th turns out the whole cooling unit is bad ..GO FIGURE??? good thing it is still on warranty. The telltale sign was when it was on LP it would not stop trying to heat the cannister and it got REAL HOT!! that means it has a blockage in the tube, so says NORCOLD and the dealer that looked at it..DANG WHAT A HASSLE! I hope that is not your problem
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08-18-2012, 02:59 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: San Jose
Posts: 526
M.O.C. #6790
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Like others have said, check to see if it will run on propane. Give the burner tube a swab for spider webs. If it will run on propane, once it has been running for awhile, check the cooling unit. From outside compartment, lower one. If you look in and up you will see part of the cooling unit, black color wide tube. If if feels warm to the touch, it is working, if it is cold, time for a new cooling unit. With your being a 2005, could be the problem. My 2006 did the same thing got warm, cleaned burner tube, work for awhile then got warm again, turned out to be the cooling unit.
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08-21-2012, 03:24 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Fall Creek
Posts: 1,328
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Just got a call from Camping World, testing and troubleshooting showed a failed cooling unit. Thank goodness that 6 years ago we bought an extended insurance policy to cover all the systems in the Monty. The insurance company told CW that they would pay for the new cooling system and labor or if I wanted to pay the difference they would OK a new refrigerator. I jumped on the offer, CW even had it in stock. So far so good, I pick the trailer up tomorrow.
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2015 Montana 3440RL Legacy Edition, G614's, Pressure Pro TPMS, Dish Tailgaters
2016 GMC Sierra Denali 3500 CC SRW, Iridium Metallic, Duramax Allison Transmission
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08-22-2012, 12:10 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Olympia
Posts: 410
M.O.C. #9671
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We just had the cooling unit on ours replaced in June after 9 months.
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08-22-2012, 03:27 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Haldimand County
Posts: 2,413
M.O.C. #122
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Take a look at the units available from: http://www.rvcoolingunit.net/servlet/StoreFront
We got one for our unit, a lot different from the OEM units.
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