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Subject:Re: Fridge
From:David McNeely
Date:Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:14:15 -0700

Thanks David.  You are correct that my refrigerator has electronic
ignition.  mcneely

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 11:50 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
wrote:

> 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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