In a message dated 14/11/2008 12:08:27 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

            The  Dometic fridge in the Vanagon Westfalia had the automatic
electric piezo from  1988 or 1989 on, I'm not all that sure about those dates.
I do not have  the model numbers associated with those fridges either.
However, if you  wish to install an automatic electric piezo on you Dometic fridge
it's a simple  matter of obtaining an aftermarket unit from a RV parts store
that deals in  propane fridge parts.  It will come with install instructions and
you will  have to remove the fridge to install it.

>>>>>>As a long-time subscriber to the list, and  following a variety of
threads about the Dometic refrigerators, I am curios  if there was an
ignition change somewhere along the line.   I  have a 1997 Syncro
Westfalia, and attempting to get the refrigerator lit  drives me nuts.  I
press the ignition button, and there is a single  piezo spark.  In a
couple of posts, one recently, there was a  reference to an electric
piezo igniter on some later  refrigerators.

Do I assume correctly that at some point in time the  single spark
igniter was replaced by igniter using a power source and  produce
multiple sparks (like my LP gas BBQ does)?

Can I retro-fit  my 1987 "single spark" refrigerator with the electronic
igniter?

At  what point in the model run did this change take place, or what are
the  refrigerator model numbers which have the electric  igniter?<<<<<<<<

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_
(http://frankcondelli.com/trainsal.htm) )
_Frank Condelli &  Associates_ (http://frankcondelli.com/busindex.html)  -
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
_Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust  Systems_
(http://frankcondelli.com/exhaust.htm)
_BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm)  a VW Camper
camping event, Almonte, ON, June 12 ~ 15,  2008

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