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Subject:Re: How to operate the fridge
From:Jeff Palmer
Date:Wed, 2 Apr 2008 20:10:41 -0500

If your indicator light only works intermittently (like mine) just
check outside if the flue is warm.  You can feel the heat almost
instantly upon lighting.

Good luck
Jeff

On 2-Apr-08, at 3:00 PM, Robert MacDowell wrote:

> The easiest way to tell if the fridge is lit it to turn the water
> meter on
> and the bottom green light will be on, only when it's lit. Just
> keep pumpin
> and snappin until the green light comes on. It even comes on when
> you have
> it in the electric mode. Like was mentioned before, preheat with
> elec. to
> get the draft going in the flue then go for the gas mode. If you
> just filled
> the gas tank then sometimes it takes a little while with your
> finger on the
> pilot button, to clear the air out of the line before the gas gets
> to the
> pilot lite.The orifice for the burner is so small it takes a while
> to purge

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