Beemer
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After parking up for the weekend in the motorhome, I discovered that the switch on the fridge which changes the supply from gas to 12v to 240 or to Auto, had broken and the fridge consequently was stuck on 12v.
After getting a bit of info from the WC site and a phone call from my sister-in-law, who had the same problem last year, I had a plan on how I was going to approach was potentially could of been a £150 repair bill.
After removing the top cover, and the black plastic cover, I was able to see the problem... and how I was going to fix it.
The photos should be self explanatory.
The switch had broken off inside, so I drilled the blue plastic out and stuck in an electrical connector tip with Araldite, cut a slot into the blue pin and I have a working switch again.
If it eventually wears out I now know what to do.
I hope this may be of help to anyone else with this problem.
The tool used was the Dremel I bought recently, I believe Wildebus posted about it.
After doing this I can see where I could have improved on the "fix" next time by ensuring the metal electrical connector blade I pushed into the black switch, is tight in. The blue plastic pin could have had a narrower slot too, to avoid a slack switch.
After getting a bit of info from the WC site and a phone call from my sister-in-law, who had the same problem last year, I had a plan on how I was going to approach was potentially could of been a £150 repair bill.
After removing the top cover, and the black plastic cover, I was able to see the problem... and how I was going to fix it.
The photos should be self explanatory.
The switch had broken off inside, so I drilled the blue plastic out and stuck in an electrical connector tip with Araldite, cut a slot into the blue pin and I have a working switch again.
If it eventually wears out I now know what to do.
I hope this may be of help to anyone else with this problem.
The tool used was the Dremel I bought recently, I believe Wildebus posted about it.
After doing this I can see where I could have improved on the "fix" next time by ensuring the metal electrical connector blade I pushed into the black switch, is tight in. The blue plastic pin could have had a narrower slot too, to avoid a slack switch.
the Dremel paid for itself on it's first outing there 
