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Subject:Re: Refrigerator gasket and flame goes out remedies
From:Leonard Sitongia
Date:Sun, 5 Aug 2012 12:55:31 -0600

I cooled the fridge down on 110v for 30 minutes, then I tried lighting it
on gas.

It's hard to light, but it does light.  I can't see a flame in the window
and the LED panel light doesn't light up.  But, I can hear it burning from
inside the camper from the sound that comes out of the flue, a low rumble.

It stays lit as long as I hold down button B, the safety valve by-pass.
When I release the button, it immediately goes out.  Do I have a bad
safety valve?  The service manual troubleshooting has "faulty safety valve
magnet" and "no contact between thermocouple and safety valve" items as
possible causes for when it won't stay lit.

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==Leonard