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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / August 2007Dometic Fridge Light Stays On
Hi. I have a Dometic NDR 1292 2-way fridge. It was getting cold then suddenly it wasn't. I discovered that the interior light was staying on which might account for the lack of cold. The problem is that the switch for the light is OK but the light will not turn off. Removing the bulb does not seem to help with the cooling. Anyone know if this means a bad circuit board or something like that? I have another Dometic fridge (smaller Americana) and when the light burns out it blows the 3 amp fuse on the circuit board and the refrigerator appears to be working (on propane) but it doesn't get cold. Once the fuse is replaced it works fine. I checked the fuses on the 1292 and they are both fine. Anything else I should check? I googled but could find nobody else with this problem. Thanks. > Hi. > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Thanks. Do you have a "cold weather" switch or something with a similar name? Check inside the door. There are usually two settings: high humidity and cold weather. The cold weather switch will keep the light bulb lit when the door is closed.  SignatureJanet Wilder Bad spelling. Bad punctuation Good Friends. Good Life > > Hi. > > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > cold weather. The cold weather switch will keep the light bulb lit when > the door is closed. Aha! I just found it thanks to an old post (did a little more googling) that you had replied to. I must have hit the switch by accident. It's up there where you can't see it unless you really look for it. Thanks very much. >>> Hi. >>> [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > Thanks very much. You are welcome. I had the same problem once and kept on replacing bulb after bulb until one bulb salesman told me about the switch. (blush) SignatureJanet Wilder Bad spelling. Bad punctuation Good Friends. Good Life >>>> Hi. >>>> [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > bulb after bulb until one bulb salesman told me about the switch. > (blush) Bulb after bulb...........that's priceless. SignatureFrank Howell ----------------- www.Newsgroup-Binaries.com - *Completion*Retention*Speed* Access your favorite newsgroups from home or on the road ----------------- >I have a Dometic NDR 1292 2-way fridge. It was getting cold then suddenly >it wasn't. I discovered that the interior light was staying on which might >account for the lack of cold. Try http://www.bryantrv.com/. He has a lot of refrig manuals on line. Might find your problem. Jon Signature==================================================== Jon Griffin Yuma,AZ Olds, AB http://www.om-im.org ==================================================== > >I have a Dometic NDR 1292 2-way fridge. It was getting cold then suddenly > >it wasn't. I discovered that the interior light was staying on which might [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Jon Wow, the master Dometic Manual! Thanks! Now if I can just get that big file with my dialup... > Hi. > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Thanks. I hope that bulb doesn't have a short. If it does it could cause a propane explosion in your RV. Harry Harris SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > I hope that bulb doesn't have a short. If it does it could cause a propane > explosion in your RV. lol, I hope this post just lost its smiley somewhere along the way. TB >> I hope that bulb doesn't have a short. If it does it could cause a >> propane explosion in your RV. > > lol, I hope this post just lost its smiley somewhere along the way. > > TB It's no laughing matter. Read this: http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/18592913.cfm Harry Harris SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com snipped > It's no laughing matter. Read this: > http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/18592913.cfm > > Harry Harris Bullshit. Hugh >>> I hope that bulb doesn't have a short. If it does it could cause a >>> propane explosion in your RV. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > It's no laughing matter. Read this: > http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/18592913.cfm LOL, Dude! Get a grip. It's a bit unclear what part of that stuff you're talking about. I assume you're refering to the RV that had a fire when they turned the refrigerator on. Was this your first introduction to the idea that propane burns and can even explode under certain circumstances? Look, here's the thing: Propane refrigerators, even the fanciest new ones work by heating the refrigerant. In a properly functioning propane refer when it cycles on a flame is lit to heat the refrigerant--real fire. *IF* the problem in the story you linked to was a malfunctioning control board the fire was probably started by the normal ignition system for the refrigerator burner and NOT a shorted bulb. If you have a propane leak anywhere, including one caused by a malfuntioning control board, a shorted bulb inside the refrigerator is one of the least likely ignition points among many. It's far more likely that it will be ignited by the normal ignition cycle of refrigerator or some other ignition source. If you have a serious propane leak a shorted bulb in the refer is among the smallest problems in your life at that point. TB > LOL, Dude! Get a grip. It's a bit unclear what part of that stuff you're >talking about. I assume you're refering to the RV that had a fire when they >turned the refrigerator on. Was this your first introduction to the idea >that propane burns and can even explode under certain circumstances? ><snipped for brevity> Dennis, please don't waste your keystrokes on this gentleman. We've been through this before. He has a bug up his butt about propane (for what reason I do not understand). You're just encouraging him. Please spare us his further rants.... GB in NC >> LOL, Dude! Get a grip. It's a bit unclear what part of that stuff >> you're [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > You're just encouraging him. Please spare us his further rants.... uh, thanks for the heads up. I haven't been following alt.rv lately so I had missed his previous posts on this and, ahem, some other topics. My personal opinion is that the troll label is thrown around much too easily these days and cheapens the designation, but it seems to fit this person well. It looks like you are calling him a "gentleman" simply because you are too much of a gentleman yourself. Judging by the........er..........tone of some his posts I assume he hit so many kill files that alt.rv became boring for him. Until they hit a certain posting volume or a certain level of insanity, or sanity--which is sometimes equally noticable, I generally don't notice people on usenet as individuals. Now that this one has been pointed out to me I'll probably notice him next time. OTOH I do have a certain soft spot for misfits, if they meet my minimal standards. This one doesn't. TB > uh, thanks for the heads up. I haven't been following alt.rv lately so I >had missed his previous posts on this and, ahem, some other topics. My >personal opinion is that the troll label is thrown around much too easily >these days and cheapens the designation, but it seems to fit this person >well. I can't tell whether he's a troll or just a true dumbass, but either way, I have no need to read anything he writes. GB in NC >> uh, thanks for the heads up. I haven't been following alt.rv lately so >> I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I can't tell whether he's a troll or just a true dumbass, but either > way, I have no need to read anything he writes. lol, you must have kill filed him before he started swimming for the bottom of usenet. After I read your post I did a little googling. At times he crosses the line into really ugly trolling. Up until it got to be clearly irrational I could deal with the propane rants *here*, but that's actually some of his best stuff. He's quite willing to sink to a much more infantile level. TB >> I can't tell whether he's a troll or just a true dumbass, but either >> way, I have no need to read anything he writes. > lol, you must have kill filed him before he started swimming for the >bottom of usenet. It doesn't take me long for somebody like him. GB in NC > Until they hit a certain posting volume or a certain level of insanity, > or sanity--which is sometimes equally noticable, I generally don't notice [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > TB He was safe, sound, and quiet in my killfile- until you bounced him into existence. If yoy guys insist on playing with the trolls, would it be too much to ask to add "OT" or "Troll" to the Subject line? Thanks. >If you guys insist on playing with the trolls, would it be too >much to ask to add "OT" or "Troll" to the Subject line? Thanks. Good idea, except that strictly speaking, some of his trollcasts have actually been ON topic. GB in NC >> Until they hit a certain posting volume or a certain level of >> insanity, [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > existence. If yoy guys insist on playing with the trolls, would it be too > much to ask to add "OT" or "Troll" to the Subject line? Thanks. On my server he has exactly two current posts to this group. Both of them were on topic. My personal opinion is that at times he has trolled other groups. But, that is a matter of personal opinion. Until they so clearly cross over the line into full fledged troll, such as in the recent Mark Foley/bobandcarol posts, that there is no doubt as to their intent I will not add "Troll" to the subject line because the troll designation is wildly over used these days and is often used as just a way to discredit people with unpopular opinions. Once they clearly cross over the line into full fledged troll only a boob would respond and your chances of getting boobs to add "Troll" to the subject line is pretty slim. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll TB > Look, here's the thing: Propane refrigerators, even the fanciest new >ones work by heating the refrigerant. In a properly functioning propane [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >TB By definition a bulb is "shorted" by the very wire that heats and produces incandescent light. The heat is enclosed by a bulb holding a vacuum. Were the wire to open, any spark would be contained in the bulb. Should the bulb break, the wire will open almost immediately. OTOH, a bulb shorting in the socket will blow a fuse in the circuit. Since a short could cause a spark, it would be a billion to one shot for the spark to ignite anything since it is of very short duration and nowhere near the propane. Another "Moron Myth" debunked to a near certitude. > By definition a bulb is "shorted" by the very wire that heats and > produces incandescent light. The heat is enclosed by a bulb holding a [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Another "Moron Myth" debunked to a near certitude. Not so fast. Not so fast. You seem to have forgotten about the wires that connect to the socket. They could have a short and be making a spark. They could have gotten rubbed thin or bare by the motion and vibration driving down the road. Did you ever use one of those propane lighters for barbeques with the long snout? When you click them it makes a little tiny spark you can't hardly see. It's enough to light the propane or maybe it's butane - close enough they are both equally flammable. So an even bigger spark in the wires near a propane leak could do the same thing. That one poor fellow who was under his RV trying to put out the fire in the link I gave almost got knocked unconscious by the impact of the explosion. That's serious stuff. Harry Harris SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >>I hope that bulb doesn't have a short. If it does it could cause a propane >>explosion in your RV. > > lol, I hope this post just lost its smiley somewhere along the way. > > TB Nope, this troll just likes to poke us. Hugh > I have a Dometic NDR 1292 2-way fridge. 11111111111111111111111111111111 Actually, Ulysses, you DO NOT HAVE a Dometic NDR 1292 2-way fridge. In proper RV parlance, what you have is a Dometic NDR 1292 2-way REFER, spelled r-e-f-e-r but pronounced r-e-e-f-e-r. I'm always here to point out the error of your ways should you need my assistance in the future. -WR > > I have a Dometic NDR 1292 2-way fridge. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > -WR Oh my, how embarassing for me. I've only been doing the RV thing for about 10 years and it takes me a while to catch on. Probably cause I spend all my time boondocking or dry-camping and hardly ever talk to other RVers. Maybe I need to stay in more. Actually, maybe I DON'T have a Dometic NDR 1292 because I keep coming across model numbers like RM1292 etc in the service manuals and none that say NDR1292. I sure hope they are the same thing. > > > I have a Dometic NDR 1292 2-way fridge. > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Actually, this model does exsist, NDR1292. http://www.dometicusa.com/refrigerators.php?product=3 -paul |
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