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    Posted: 01 Sep 2019 at 7:31am
I agree on all your points, Offgrid. This is turning into an off season project real fast. Might be using a cooler for now....
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Originally posted by Bovine0001

....I have a European model...

Any thoughts?


Oh yeah.....European Models are always gonna be expensive.

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Posts: 19 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Aug 2019 at 10:17am
I'll throw this in here but not sure if it is relevant since we have a 179.  When we first got our trailer we used the electric only on the fridge for quite a while.  On one of our outings we wanted to use the propane for the fridge but we could not get it to work.  After returning we brought it back to the dealer and they found that the gas line hose had become kinked due to the slide out going in and out and had to be re-routed.  After this it worked with no problem.  I can't remember if there was an alarm with this or not.  Just a possibility....
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Posts: 5290 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Aug 2019 at 9:18am
Dometic must think their circuit boards are made of platinum or unobtainium.  Still, its cheaper than a new fridge. 

A question, does Dometic say you need to replace one board or two? 

Other than just biting the bullet and replacing the board there is a chance that a visual inspection might turn up something you can fix.  Look for corrosion, especially at the terminals and connectors, loose connectors, and burn spots and cold solder joints on the board. 

You could also see if anyone has or will be replacing their frdige for another reason and you could buy/beg their board from them.
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Update. Dinosaur Electronics says I have a European model, they can't help. So I call Dometic. They can ship me a replacement board for 300 bucks. Hitting Google for a better price only makes it worse at 500 bucks.

Any thoughts?
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Originally posted by Pod People

We had a control board problem that ended up being both boards were bad.  apparently when one goes, it can take the other one out also. I don't remember which one is first -but they  both needed to be replaced. We were not able to find suitable replacement after market boards and the dometic boards through a dealer totaled almost $900. we ended up replacing the entire refrigerator.
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Yeesh! Here is hoping this doesn't happen. I presume you mean the board with the controls up front and the board running the rest in the back. I think the board on the front is fine, as it is behaving right. Hard to tell otherwise.
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We had a control board problem that ended up being both boards were bad.  apparently when one goes, it can take the other one out also. I don't remember which one is first -but they  both needed to be replaced. We were not able to find suitable replacement after market boards and the dometic boards through a dealer totaled almost $900. we ended up replacing the entire refrigerator.
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I presume you did check for wasp nests and spider webs ?
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Thanks Offgrid. I'll check in later.
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Looks like from the schematic that there are two cb's, the main control board and the gas igniter. Do you know which one is bad? Have you tried calling Dinosaur with your model number and asked them?

Also  you might check out this link:


Good luck and please let us know what you wind up with....
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