Hi Shawn

In the past I had a lot of difficulties to light my fridge (Westy 87) on
propane. And one day, I was not able to light my fridge anymore. At that
point, I decided to pull the fridge. It is not so difficult, it is just a
matter of time. There is good information on the Vanagon site about the
fridge. In my case, It was worthed to clean the combustion chamber. After
this housekeeping, I don't even need the air pump to light my fridge. My
fridge always light after 4 or 5 strokes (only the piezo).

Germain

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Wright" <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: Fixed Propane Fridge

> On 28 Aug 2003 at 12:10, Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
> > I just took a few more digi-pics and put them on
> > http://photos.yahoo.com/mwstebbins  These are photos
> > of the controls (toggle switches) front panel
> > (modified) and the controls on the top of the fridge.
> > I did NOT change the wiring at all, just the switches.
> >  See more comments below:
> >
> >  > --- Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA> wrote:>
> > > > > Are you saying your fridge will attempt to
> > > > > re-light if the flame goes out? I've
> > > > > never heard this before,
> >
> > On my van (91 CDN westy) I #1) turn on the propane at
> > the tank.  #2) flip the DC switch to "on".  This
> > automatically starts the Piezo clicking and the red
> > light flickering.  #3) Turn the gas on at the fridge.
> > #4) I press the by-pass switch to get the propane
> > through, thus over-riding the flame sensor telling the
> > unit that there is no heat (i.e.  no flame).  As soon
> > as the gas lights, I hold the by-pass button for 6
> > seconds (to allow the heat sensor the heat up and
> > signal to the unit that there's heat (flame) down
> > there.  #5) set the thermostat.  #6 wait for the ice
> > cubes :-)   I rarely touch the air pump.
>
> I wish it were that easy on my '88... :-(
> Just spent a 1/2 hour trying to get it going and all I get is the
occasional loud pop. I've
> trying sucking and blowing from the drain tube by mouth and shop vac, to
no avail. I
> can hear the gas flowing when bypass button is pressed (with hose to ear),
so I know
> has is there. I'm starting suspect the piezo is not firing every time, or
the spark is very
> weak, so it is flooded with gas, then a large pop ignites a whole lot of
gas an blows
> the flame out (or runs out of O2).
> Any quick tips to getting it going tonight w/o pulling the fridge?
Otherwise I guess I'll
> be buying ice :-(
>
> --
> Shawn Wright
> http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright
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