

| Subject: | Re: Dometic won't light troubleshooting |
| From: | mdrillock |
| Date: | Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:17:15 -0700 |
The fridge flame only has 2 sizes, idle and full speed. All the temp dial setting does is affect how often and how long it runs at full speed. IIRC, David Beierl years ago modified an led panel to indicate which flame speed was burning. He published the circuit mods on this list and had a link to a diagram to duplicate it. Maybe that stuff is still around and his recent return here is certainly well appreciated. Mark Michael Diehr wrote: > Update -- 90% there... > > After the acid bath treatment, I reinstalled the dometic and fired it > up on LPG. Ambient temperature in the mid 70s. Within 2 hours it was > below 50, and within 6 hours it had made ice cubes and was down to > 36F. I don't think it's ever worked that well before. > > At that point I turned down the thermostat to about 1/2 way, and went > to bed. The night was still, very little wind, ambient temps dropped > to about 60. Woke up this AM and the flame had gone out, but it lit > right back up again. Maybe turning it down from "max" was pushing > my luck? > > I wanted to again thank all of your for the fast responses & great > advice. This list is an amazing resource :-) > > I'll leave it on max and see if it goes out again. Any thoughts as > to why it'd go out overnight when not set on max? Perhaps the "low" > flame size is too small, or perhaps the thermocouple is not getting > enough heat on low? Does "max" force the flame size to "high" at all > times, or is "max" just the highest thermostat setting (meaning the > flame size can still go to "low" if it gets cold enough?) > >
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