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Subject:Re: Fridge
From:David Beierl
Date:Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:50:44 -0400

You've got one of those fancy late-model ones with an electronic ignition.
It probably gets 12V from the panel connector.

Yrs,
d

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 2:41 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hmmm........ .  David and Alistair are probably the two most knowledgeable
> persons on here (no insult intended to anyone else, lots of great
> expertise).  I recently had a problem with 12V to the fridge so that the
> lamp that indicates that propane is on did not flash, the refrigerator
> would not light on propane, and the indicator lamps on the panel and the
> fresh water tank pump were also not working.  I found a loose connection
> under the sink that solved all 4 of those particular problems.  Does this
> mean that someone monkeyed with the connections some time before I got the
> camper?  At any rate, one connector, all 4 went from not working to working.
>
> Wish that was all that was wrong with my refrigerator.  Won't cool on
> propane more than about 20 F below ambient, though on 110 V AC cools really
> well.
>
> mcneely
>
> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 10:43 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
>> That connector only affects the LED panel and sink pump, doesn't affect
>> fridge operation.  The flame detector is handy but the fridge will run
>> fine
>> without it.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 1:20 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>
>> > The panel lights... culprit is most likely the multiprong connected to
>> > panel from fridge. It's a tight fit connector but I've had bad
>> connection
>> > there in the past. Deoxit on it and reseating has worked.
>> >
>> >
>>
>
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