Hi! I'm kind of a newbie. I've learned on my own and have had mechanics do the work that I don't have a clue about. I've actually had pretty good luck in that respect. I have poured over this forum and others, trying to learn as much as I can, but I'm stumped here.
I have an old Class C (1986) Shasta MH, Ford 460, that I bought in 1999. My refrigerator (Dometic) has always worked wonderfully...until now. I'm doing a "refurbishing" of as much as I can do (no electrical, some minor plumbing). I normally leave my refer doors open when I'm not planning a trip. In this case, the refer door has been closed for about a week. I have connected to shore power and tried to get the refer going, to no avail. I've opened the hatch, "inspected" and vacuumed. Today, while working on other things, I opened the refer door and got a powerful ammonia smell. This has never happened before.
I assume the refer is an original, I have not put propane in the tank in probably year or so, so don't know if it would work on gas or not at this point. I will be doing that shortly. If I could get a starting point from you I would certainly appreciate it. Understand that I don't know much, but am stubborn about learning and will do my very best to follow any instructions. Thanks in advance for any help you can give. Teri
I have an old Class C (1986) Shasta MH, Ford 460, that I bought in 1999. My refrigerator (Dometic) has always worked wonderfully...until now. I'm doing a "refurbishing" of as much as I can do (no electrical, some minor plumbing). I normally leave my refer doors open when I'm not planning a trip. In this case, the refer door has been closed for about a week. I have connected to shore power and tried to get the refer going, to no avail. I've opened the hatch, "inspected" and vacuumed. Today, while working on other things, I opened the refer door and got a powerful ammonia smell. This has never happened before.
I assume the refer is an original, I have not put propane in the tank in probably year or so, so don't know if it would work on gas or not at this point. I will be doing that shortly. If I could get a starting point from you I would certainly appreciate it. Understand that I don't know much, but am stubborn about learning and will do my very best to follow any instructions. Thanks in advance for any help you can give. Teri