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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 9:07 am    Post subject: dometic fridge parts - help - need thermocouple Reply with quote

does anyone know where to source a new or good used theromocouple for late model Dometic 3-way fridge? mine is 89. my theromocouple needs to be replaced. thanks (location Ontario, Canada)
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 10:52 am    Post subject: Re: dometic fridge parts - help - need thermocouple Reply with quote

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does anyone know where to source a new or good used theromocouple for late model Dometic 3-way fridge? mine is 89. my theromocouple needs to be replaced. thanks (location Ontario, Canada)


Maybe someone else has the part # for a retrofit, but as I read the manual, the TC only does two things: it provides enough current for the current sensor in the gas shutoff valve to remain open, and it provides enough voltage to illuminate the flame indicator.

For these features, you could fabricate your own with an off the shelf Type J or K. Either should work I would think and readily available.
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 11:27 am    Post subject: Re: dometic fridge parts - help - need thermocouple Reply with quote

The original are hard to find. Yes, you can adapt an ordinary thermocouple from the hardware store, but you'll have to change the fittings that hold it in. I forget exactly what that amounted to but it isn't hard. Alternatively, Dometics come up regularly for sale cheap or free, so cannibalize one?
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 5:36 pm    Post subject: Re: dometic fridge parts - help - need thermocouple Reply with quote

send me a message, I stripped down 2 working fridges and have the parts, I may have a used thermo couple
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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 5:40 pm    Post subject: Re: dometic fridge parts - help - need thermocouple Reply with quote

Folks try to give the dometics away often enough so a part may become available.
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PostPosted: Fri May 14, 2021 7:30 am    Post subject: Re: dometic fridge parts - help - need thermocouple Reply with quote

Looking through my stash I found a new thermocouple still in the original package, $90. Also a "new looking" used, test good, $50. Shipping included in the lower 48.
Also have a rough looking, but test good, $-gratis. Just pay shipping.
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