Why does rm2862 fridge work on gas but don't have power to thermo disc. is disc bad?

It is a strange RV Gas Fridge

all the parts

https://www.gas-refrigerators.com/pdf/RM2862-parts.pdf

Please clarify your question. If there is no power to the thermo disc nothing will work. Both gas and electric require 12v power to work.

The thermo disc is a protection device that was installed as a result of a previous recall. The thermo disc, when tripped, will disconnect the 12vdc power source and in turn shutting down the entire refrigerator. Even though you may be wanting to run the refrigerator on 110vac you still need the 12vdc which powers all of the circuit boards. The reason for the disc tripping is it is either weak or it is actually doing its job and preventing a fire. You will need to determine if the electric elements are operating within their parameters. You will need a multi-meter and will have to google the ohms rating for your specific refrigerators heating elements. You may also have a ventilation issue which is not allowing the fresh air to flow behind the refrigerator. The installation of exhaust fans will help.

If you are lighting the pilot corectly and waiting for the thermo couple to warm up and then setting it to on, then the thermo couple is probably bad. Good luck!

The part you are looking for is the thermo couple. It senses the heat from the flame and holds the gas valve open. The clicking will try three times and then go into lock out. You then will need to reset on the front of the fridge. When installing the thermo couple do not over tighten.

Sounds like a defrost problem. Check to see if there is any frost buildup in the back wall of the freezer. If so, it is not defrosting as it should.

• possible causes:

1. bad defrost timer
2. bad defrost heater (in freezer)
3. bad thermo switch in freezer

Yes the problem has been solved by cleaning jet and repositioning thermo-couple so that it is well into the flame.It would therefore appear that the combination of a partially blocked gas jet and a badly aligned thermo-couple triggered the auto-igniter .
Thanks for your interest,.......I am afraid that at my age now help has to come free of charge.A new auto-igniter would have been £69 and a thermo-couple £35.A new jet was a reasonable £6...........

Regards Iain edwards [email protected]

why did you turn off in the first place??? to defrost ice off back wall??? if so sounds like you ahce a bad defrost thermostat. (evaporator fan get power from runnig through thermo. and when the thermo goes bad the unit stops cooling correctly because of the massive amount of ice that buildsaround the coil

check the thermo disc inside the freezer if the thermo disc working, check the heater tube either of thermo disc or heater bad