Chescold explorer 3 way fridge

Thanks Bob Y i had a feeling thats what the problem was with that one. Any idea why the green one is only getting cool not cold? Thanks

RMD thanks for your reply, but what is this tubular screen you speak of? Is it inside the refrigerant tube? Cheers

The Chescold and many other similar types have Ammonia liquid inside them. If it leaks you will smell it soon enough. The heaters system separates the liquid into gas and liquid and it has to recombine through the fine screens which come loose. Nof fix, just replace.
Maybe you can fix them but it requires specialist equipment to hande the ammonia factor.
No re gassing is possible. They don't use that concept.

Thanks Erad, im not so sure it is because we can't smell anything or see any areas of white residue, also we can still hear it bubbling around when we flip it over..

I had a 3 way Dometic fridge in my caravan and it stopped working on 240 V (that was all we were using at the time). I took the fridge out, turned it upside down, sideways - you name it we did it, but still no go. I checked the eater element resistance and tat was all good. So I decided it was time for regas (ammonia). I was told that they could do it, but there was no guarantee that it would work, and it was going to cost me $700 to do it. I spent $1175 and got a new fridge - same model so that it fitted in tho hole. Well, the new fridge worked (and still does) far better than the old one which was the original fridge as fitted by Jayco.

There was no evidence of leaking at all, until I removed the insulation from around the heat pipe, and then I saw some yellow cake. That confirmed my guess that the gas had leaked out. Naturally no smell either or if there was, we were not there at the time. These fridges are damned expensive and are not really that good - their main plus is that they can run on gas or 12 V if required, as well as 240 V.

Try this method and see what happens. Most likely it will work again.
When I tried it, I found the poor production quality inside, had allowed the separator screen to drop and found it made a rattle noise when shaken side to side or tipped on end, as GBC advises. If ok inside, yes do as he says, it will get things going, just takes a while.