On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Melissa Mourkas<westywoman@mac.com> wrote:
> Volks-
>
> The OE Dometic 182B fridge was pulled from the van, cleaned &
> serviced this week. �Ran super COLD at the shop on propane. �I
> brought her home and tried to fire up the fridge on propane this
> afternoon. (Yes, the valve was on, the burners on the stove
> lighted). �No dice. �I have to admit, I got a bit pissed off.
> Plugged the damn thing in on 110V and went in to have dinner. �Bear
> in mind I have read all available online posts on how to start these
> things, ad nauseum.
>....

At the risk of repeating what you may have read....  ;)

With the LP tank valve closed, fridge out, remaining propane likely
purged itself out of copper line to fridge. Once fridge installed, it
would take a while for propane to get up line, through fridge lines,
and into combustion chamber. In terms of stove lighting, on my Westy,
there are 2 lines from "T" at end of regulator. One to stove, one to
fridge. Likely the same on yours. Quite likely, the stove line kept
the propane that was in it, and little or no air was introduced.

IMO, in terms of the fridge actually lighting, pre cooling on AC has
nothing to do with it. If fridge in proper operating condition, it
should light regardless.

Neil.

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