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G'Day, yep - but unfortunately the part I've bypassed is NOT accessible - made to be intrinsically safe, butnot made to be serviceable I guess ? Cheers 🍻

G'Day Again 👋 For all you Dometic users, there's a bloke here in Aus that makes a neat little kit to increase the efficiency of the fridge. Its a pack of fans that go onto the external grill, senses the air temperature & switches on to increase the air flow through the system, work like a dream, particularly in warmer, high humidity locations. Just a thought 🤔 Cheers 🍻

G'Day All, Many thanks for all the constructive comments - it's good to see that I'm not the only one 😃 I've attached a photo of my "temporary solution" - by connecting a permanent 12v supply to the 12vout of the control module the fridge works like a charm. As we use 240Vac in Australia, the rear of the control module is completely sealed & potted ( I'll attach a photo if ever I remove the module ). Although I haven't had the opportunity to move the van, ( covid is all about ) The fridge has been running reliably now for over a week 👍 So I'm going to make this "fix" a little more permanent & see how we go 😎 Cheers, 🍻

G’Day jhmooney👋🏻 Im pretty sure that that mine is the internal fuse. I’ve picked up the permanent 12V feed into the control block & directly connected that to the 12V out & every-things working fine - that might be worth a try for your situation as you would be bypassing any dodgy connections. If needs be I can post a photo, if my description doesn’t quite make sense. Good luck 👍😎

G'Day Kirk, Yep I've downloaded that manual already 👍 It appears that the dometic model I have is an " aussie model" & none of the PC's shown are any thing like what I find behind the panels. I believe that the control module ( P/N 289 0240-20 ) has a fuse in it. The model I have is fully sealed ( i.e. potted in epoxy ) & not serviceable. On Page 26 of this manual, there is an image of the part I'm referring to. 52181947.pdf

G'Day 👋, I have a Dometic RMD 8551 fridge. The control panel completely blank, and none of the buttons respond. I have removed the control panel & there are no fuses behind that. In the rear of the fridge, the control module is type 289 0241-20, I can't see any fuses around there, either. Has anyone else experienced a similar problem ?, and been able to resolve it ? Thanks ( in advance ) for any clues 👍