And to reiterate, buried in one of my all too lengthy replies, was a
comment I made about the metal tube that resides in a groove of the
aluminum cooling unit.

https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/DometicPics#5348037090905729730

AFAIK, that tube should be held in place, in contact with the
aluminum, by a short white piece of rubber or silicone.

This tube runs straight back to the thermostat:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ouAxe0DZn7M/SoJYYq7198I/AAAAAAAADrk/LOayktrpS_c/Dometic182Athermostat.jpg

Don't know the details of how it all works but do know that when this
tube senses that the cooling unit is getting warmer, it (and the gas
inside it?) works in conjunction with the thermostat and fuel supply
to make flame bigger.

Neil.

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Richard A Jones <Jones@colorado.edu> wrote:
> When this thread started I thought it was about the
> interior light in the Vitris!
>
> Some observations:
>
> 1) �I don't recall any mentions of failure of the thermostat,
> but that might explain his original problems. �If the
> flame is always "pilot" and never full on, staying "on"
> might be difficult. �To get a Dometic going, you want
> the full flame. �Maybe thermostats never fail--or almost
> never. �He might have the exception.
>
>

-- 
Neil n

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