I see what you mean, and that's a good point about making a gasket with RTV

IIRC the RTV instructions say ".... finger tighten". Though it almost
goes w/o saying, I would amend it to read something like " *evenly*
finger tighten" or "until material squeezes out *evenly*. "

I can see what you mean about the plate containing the peizo. I
imagine too, that if a person torqued one side of the larger "lid"
tighter than the other while making the gasket, this might make for a
pretty thin gasket on one side.

Thanks for the info.

Luckily the 182B has the separate plate (with piezo on it). I can just
see in the hole.

It's all good.

Neil.

On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Michael Diehr <md03@xochi.com> wrote:
> I had removed my piezo and bent it while cleaning, and also replaced the
> thick gasket with a thinner layer of RTV.  So it wasn't lining up right.
>
> I have bent it down and out so that it looks more like the picture.  On
> mine, the tip approaches the metal between the 1st and 2nd gas vent holes,
> not the 2nd and third as in the picture.   Seems to work fine now and no
> longer glows red hot.
>
> Probably something to note for anyone who is using RTV -- the alignment may
> be a tiny bit off.
>
>
> On Jul 19, 2008, at 1:41 PM, neil N wrote:
>
>> Hi David.
>>
>> I had to wonder too looking at the pics Michael posted.
>>
>> I just had a quick look at the Dometic service manual.
>>
>> The drawing on P.17 shows the tip of the peizo just across the first
>> opening on LH side of the burner. (birds eye view, piezo at bottom)
>>
>> How would one have the burner too far outboard? Or is it a matter of
>> it being rotated to the wrong position?
>>
>> I may have to re-check mine if that is possible.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Neil.
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 12:07 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> At 02:32 PM 7/19/2008, Michael Diehr wrote:
>>>
>>> Is the burner tube lined up correctly under the flue?  If it's too
>>> far outboard that would explain why the piezo electrode is lit
>>> up.  BTW is it really that bright, or is your camera emphasizing the IR?
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> David Beierl - Providence RI USA --
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>>> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>>
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>
>

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