"HELP" Refer Problem

[Ruffus]

Need some ideas. My refrigerator went to check mode today and I can't figure out what happened. It works fine on gas but while in auto mode it will not switch over to A/C. It's been working fine for the last two years in auto or gas. Fuses in the breaker box seem to be fine and I don't see any other fuses in line. Any thoughts?????

[hankaye]

Ruffus, Howdy;

There is a "Control Box" outside near the
A/C plug. It has 2 auto type fuses (silver ends
glass tube with thin wire inside), I'm thiking
a 10 amp for the A/C side and a 3 amp. for the
D/C side. The 10 will be your problem cuz, if the
3 amp. goes out you won't have ANY fridge till it's
replaced.......

hankaye

[chain_dogg]

Originally Posted by Ruffus

Need some ideas. My refrigerator went to check mode today and I can't figure out what happened. It works fine on gas but while in auto mode it will not switch over to A/C. It's been working fine for the last two years in auto or gas. Fuses in the breaker box seem to be fine and I don't see any other fuses in line. Any thoughts?????

check your gfi plug. You may need to reset it

[Ruffus]

Thanks guys, I looked in the back yesterday but didn't see any fuses so I'll take a detailed look today. I also checked GFI and all recepticals are working, I'm sure it's a fuse, just have to find it.

[webslave]

The "Control Box" has a cover (black) that needs to come off to access the two mentioned glass fuses. IIRC, there is one screw and then the cover snaps off (with some difficulty)...the fuses are located under the cover.

While in there, plug a lamp of something into the plug where the heating element for the refrigerator plugs in (a standard AC plug assembly). That will tell you for sure (regardless of interior plugs) whether the refrigerator is getting AC. If the AC plug in the refrigerator hatch works and the glass fuses are intact, the possibility that the controller board has "gone south" rises The stock boards aren't terribly reliable and there are several "better" after-market makers of those controller boards out there, should that be the problem.

[Ruffus]

Thanks Hankaye and Don, the box cover has a little note on it which says fuses inside and it has a diagram on how to remove the cover with a screw driver, how simple is that. Once removed I found two fuses a 5amp which was blown and a smaller one which was fine. Replaced the 5 amp and vaula, refer works fine. That's another thing that I have to make room for in my brain area. There should be more than enough room in there since I retired, no more quarterly reports or personnel evaluations, no more satillites to launch or people to arrest. Life is good.