Yahoo Message Number: 92017 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/92017)
I'm hoping to get some help on my thermostat. It is a Dometic Duo-Therm Comfort Control unit with four buttons. The problem is that the "on-off" switch on the bottom of the unit is getting very flaky. I have a very hard time getting the button to maintain contact to stay on. I haven't tried to take it apart yet for fear of disabling it entirely. Any advice on whether it can be fixed and how to do it? Failing that, any advice on whether it is a DIY job to replace it?
Thanks for any advice.
Jerry Rose
1997 Intrigue #10371
Yahoo Message Number: 92019 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/92019)
Jerry,
I have taken mine apart twice to make the contacts tight again. Requires very small tools and a lot of patience . Worked with a towel on the table to keep things from rolling around. There is a man in Colorado that rebuilds these units, but I can not recall his name. Maybe someone on the forum has that information. Bill Dane 99 Allure 30326
On Saturday, October 26, 2013 4:26 AM, Jerry Rose wrote:
I'm hoping to get some help on my thermostat. It is a Dometic Duo-Therm Comfort Control unit with four buttons. The problem is that the "on-off" switch on the bottom of the unit is getting very flaky. I have a very hard time getting the button to maintain contact to stay on. I haven't tried to take it apart yet for fear of disabling it entirely. Any advice on whether it can be fixed and how to do it? Failing that, any advice on whether it is a DIY job to replace it?
Thanks for any advice.
Jerry Rose
1997 Intrigue #10371
Yahoo Message Number: 92020 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/92020)
Call or email Bill Hendrix (former Dometic service) at whendrix@... (whendrix@...) 303-828-9593.
Sharon
Yahoo Message Number: 92021 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/92021)
We have been tru this. Your 4 button Control center is no longer made. You have to replace with a 5 button control center. This also requires that you change out the Circuit boards in your roof top AC units. If you do this yourself you have to programs the dip switches on the circuit boards.
I had Kevin Wait at K & M Moblile R.V. Repair in Juction City Oregon. (541-953-61620 KVN.wt.7629@... do the install. He also was able to get the parts.
Hope this helps.
Bo & Kathy Lee
2000 Magna #5896 40 FT
2006 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited
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On Saturday, October 26, 2013 7:32 AM, "hanksharon@..." wrote:
Call or email Bill Hendrix (former Dometic service) at whendrix@... (whendrix@...) 303-828-9593.
Sharon
Yahoo Message Number: 92022 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/92022)
Bill Hendrix can repair or replace yours. We did it this summer.
Sharon
Yahoo Message Number: 92024 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/92024)
Jerry...I have an alternative for you that also enhances the thermostat function.
I modified my thermostat by connecting a modified timer across the the switch contacts. The timer would normally make accessible 115 volts to some device, the mod simply made a switch out of it. This allowed me to turn on the unit in the morning at a preset time. In your case it would also bypass a bad switch. As I recall, my timer was a mechanical type not the electronic kind. The wiring can be easily concealed.back up through the thermostat and inside the cabinet over to the timer (plugged into an outlet).
Merle
Yahoo Message Number: 92033 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/92033)
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Yahoo Message Number: 92034 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/92034)
Ebay has 4 and 5 button thermostats for sale.
Yahoo Message Number: 92045 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/92045)
I sent mine to Dienasuar Spelling, Electronics in Oregon Google them, The rebuilt mine in less then a week. Cost 75.00 you pay shipping. Works like new. Ken. 99 Allure 30356.