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Subject:Re: refrigerator behavior
From:Richard Jones
Date:Mon, 24 Jun 2013 22:26:12 -0600

Dennis wrote:
> Sometimes the flame =
> will lift off the burner and the combustion will actually take place in =
> the exhaust tube. Sometimes you can hear that something is not quite =
> right. When this happens the heat is not where it is needed and the =
> fridge will stop working.

So just as you should listen to your whole vehicle--so you know when
something "changes" or "doesn't sound right"--you should listen to
your Dometic when it is running.  I would check at the exhaust vent--
warm/hot to the touch--and the sound!  Like a little blast furnace
down in there.  If it didn't sound like that, something was wrong.

FWIW--the only thing that really blew out my flame was (1) a strong
cross wind on the highway and then (2) having a semi pass on the up-
wind side.  It would pop my ears--and I knew the Dometic was out, too.

Richard