His next email explained that he was in fact measuring wrong.  He was
supposed to times it X2 to get the correct number.  When he realized that,
he had to crank it down, because now he'd cranked it up way too high.

Mike B.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Mullendore" <groups@WESTYVENTURES.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 2:09 AM
Subject: Re: Dometic won't light troubleshooting

> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:33:46 -0700, Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM> wrote:
>
>>Update --
>>
>>A homemmade manometer revealed that my (5 year old) Marshall 290
>>regulator was only putting out 7 inches of pressure.   I stretched the
>>spring and screwed the adjuster in full stop, which only took it about
>>9.5 inches.  So probably my regulator is failing.
>
> When you use your 'homemade' manometer, do you measure the differential
> between the two water levels or only the rise in one side? Many people
> measure only one side; the correct measurement is the total difference is
> water level from one side of the U-tube to the other.