

| Subject: | Re: Dometic fridge problems |
| From: | Neil N |
| Date: | Sun, 3 Sep 2017 21:00:19 -0700 |
ok. Thanks. Would suggest checking to see if flame changes size (brightness at viewer) when turning the thermostat. On 9/3/17, Andre Fiedler <fiedlerac@gmail.com> wrote: > Fridge has worked reasonably well on propane up until recently. It was > cooling at the beginning of a week long road trip but by the end of the > week even though the pilot flame was still lit it no longer cooled below > ambient air temp. > > On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 4:38 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Did the fridge work properly on propane before? >> >> Once its lit, use a cardboard tube to view the flame at the viewfinder >> in LH lower corner inside the fridge. Let the fridge cool down for an >> hour or so then while looking at the flame, turn the thermostat up and >> down. As you do, you should hear a "click" and the size of flame (or >> brightness in viewer I guess) should change with that "click". Bigger >> flame when more cooling required, smaller when not. (thermostat turned >> down) -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/> Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
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