Is Your Refrigerator Running Does Your Travel Trailer Fridge only Cool on Gas?

Having Problems With COOLING Your Refrigerator in Your Travel Trailer-RV?

My friend recently went on a long trip to Missouri and was far far away from home.  His fridge spoiled almost everything in it before he noticed that it was not working properly.  Here are some helpful refrigerator tips for you.  

I was only aware of turning on and off my fridge with the power button or switching it to gas or electric.  Mistakenly I have never really thought about the possibility of having my food spoiled in my fridge or ever considered it not working in general.  I have been told that your fridge in your camper runs completely different then the one you have in your home.

• There is no compressor that is running Freon through the coils-Instead, heat from either an electric element or a small flame that will circulates an ammonia mixture through cooling tubes. 
• Most RV refrigerators operate on either 110v or Propane

****If you smell ammonia odor your cooling unit has been punctured.  (not a good situation here)****

Most likely it would be less costly to replace the entire fridge instead of repairing it.

****Now...Try switching your fridge from electric to gas and see if it starts working. 

If the fridge does start working then check your circuit breakers and fuses. This is the best place to start and will cost you pennies to repair. You should always travel with a set of fuses in your camper anyway.  You want to make sure they are working correctly and that you don't need to replace a fuse. Sometimes you cannot see that the fuse is broken and it is worth replacing to see if it fixes the problem.  

If there is anything more to this and the fuse or circuit breaker is fine then I would recommend bringing it to the dealer because you can get dangerous voltage coming out of the wiring.