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Subject:Re: Lighting stove before lighting fridge
From:Vanagon
Date:Wed, 19 Aug 2015 10:09:18 -0700

I still don't get how air gets into the line. 

Jack Elliott
1984 Westfalia

> On Aug 19, 2015, at 9:46 AM, Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MYMTS.NET> wrote:
> 
> I believe this came up a few weeks back. Here's why I light the stove first even if it indicates or responds to an incorrect condition. 
> 
> When I turn off the fridge i do so first at the tank so that it burns off gas in the line. Seems safer to me.  Then I turn off the dial. When i try to light the stove for example after doing this I get 2-3 seconds of air before it lights. I assume I would get the same air in the fridge gas line causing difficulties in lighting. I find if I light the stove first it gets any air out of the lines and the fridge starts more easily. 
> 
> Just my 2.5 cents. 
> Jeff 
> 85 Westfalia GL with generally working fridge
> 
> Sent from my iPhone