5th wheel rv LP gas/electric refrigerator

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5th wheel RV LP gas/electric refrigerator

The LP gas/electric refrigerator indicator light (at the top on the out side) does not light up when the button is pushed in or out..nor does the refrigerator run, what are some things that I can check to see what the problem may be? This problem occur after a new relay switch was installed for the slide out.

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This could be a wireing issue, or  a possibly failure in some instalation.  But do to the fact that this is a propane system and  you can be asleep in side the RV  i would recomend having this system inspected immediatly by a trained tech.   I know it is not what you may be wanting to hear.  But  anything that could lead to a possible leak and or firey death could be a good reason to have this system checked.   Now in my RV  when this happend  all i did was  disconect the Propane vent the system and  pull  out the Refrigerator and inspect all connections and make sure all was good and seals were good i also had a local RV shop test it out side of the RV  found out that it was no good  and instaled a used one my self.  Takes bout 2 people to lift it out and  put it back in.  (side not the used one quit working a few years back so i pulled it out put a cap on the propane outlet and instaled a much cheaper new refrigerator from lowes.  Granted its not specificly for a RV and i had to cut the opening a little to make it fit.  But it was well worth it.  you may also if you choose to do this wire up a plug for it depeing on you RV set up.  the only down side to this is that you will no longer have a refrigerator that will work on propane.  But generlay and when they stop cooling on propane the unit inside is broke and the cost to repair it is  generaly about half the cost of replaceing the entire unit with a new one.  I wish you good luck and if there is any thing else i can help with let me know .  Have a great day