Mine wouldn't light after the body and paint work i took off the outer cover
and used an air gun to blow out the ventilation tubes and it seems to be
fine again

On Sep 1, 2011 12:07 PM, "Marius Strom" <marstrom@microsoft.com> wrote:

My experience:
Bought my rig in March 2010, so I'm a relative newcomer. It's the 182B,
non-auto-igniter one that came on my '88 Westy.

Always worked well on 120V and pretty well on 12V, but was completely unable
to get it to light on Propane. Removed fridge, cleaned out burner box (which
was actually pretty clean), and replaced the air check valve. The GoWesty
instructions that came with the new check valve said to put the new one on
the line, but said nothing about pulling the old in-line one out. I pulled
the old one out, and could not get air to move through it in either
direction. It was definitely dead, and I see this is a glaring omission in
the GW instructions.

Since replacing the check valve, I've been able to light my fridge within 2
minutes every time I've used it. Some say it helps to have it pre-cooled
before lighting it, but I'm not sure. Mine now seems to light easily whether
the fridge is below freezing (on 120V overnight) or whether the bus has been
sitting in the sun all day and has a 100 degree fridge temperature. Lights
right up.

Moral of the story for me: replace that blasted check valve, and make sure
you pull the old one out. I wish I had taken photos when I did it, cause the
original in-line one is actually inside the hose and I bet most people don't
spot it or remove it, which does a fat-lot-of-good when you put the new one
on there.

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Subject: Re: Refrigerator lighting

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