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Subject:Re: Fridge was Smoking!!!
From:Doug Alcock
Date:Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:35:09 -0400

Really --- your best bet is to pull the fridge and check it out/clean it up.
I find I have to do this about every 4 years or so. Here's a link to Frank
Condelli's instructions: http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/fridge.htm which I
have used happily a couple of times. While you have the fridge out you may
well find the reason for the smoke --- and the cleaning you do will almost
certainly make your fridge work better --- and it gives you the chance to
upgrade the noisy and stupid stock cooling fan.

Cheers,
Doug

On 7/11/07, Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> The flame is sealed inside a burner box.Zf you were driving ,and the flame
> did not flame out,the box is sealed tight. If the flame blows out while
> driving and you were using it just in the camp ground, you may have a
> leaking box. If your box is sealed, the flame is safe. It is probably safe
> even with a leaking burner box.
>
> There is not much to burn back there. Dust, fallen fiberglass insulation,
> wiring, and the sheath on the igniter cable.Thats about it.
>
> Was it running on a/c? Any smell? Was teh fridge puttin out any cooling?
>

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