does the flame get bigger when you turn thermostat clockwise?
With the lights off, or using a cardboard tube, you should be able to
see if flame changes size when turning the thermostat.

There may be a sealed tube "sensor" at the cooling unit. On the
Dometic, this tube connects from thermostat to metal cooling unit. A
small piece of white rubber or silicone holds this
tube up against, or close to, the cooling unit metal.

Some images of my old Dometic fridge:

Dometic thermostat showing this sealed tube (silver metal)

http://tinyurl.com/j2wthfb

tube at cooling pipe inside fridge

http://tinyurl.com/hdzvfq5

where tube fits on cooling unit. On the Dometic, there is a small white
rubber or silicon piece that holds this tube close to or against the metal.

http://tinyurl.com/hjkpokx

Neil.

On 5/4/16, thewestyman <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote:

> I have an Electrolux fridge in my van in Europe, which is almost exactly the
> same as the Dometic I have at home.  I managed to light it up quite easy,
> but it won’t cool any.  I turned it upside down for one night.  Now the gas
> is burning for three days but it won’t start the cooling.

-- 
Neil n

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