Apr 27, 1999
>The gas flow is either all on or all off, it does not have variable flame,
>controlled by the thermostat, like a stove-top burner.  The mini-poof you
>mention is from allowing the combustion chamber to fill with too much gas
>before you spark the igniter...thus when you do spark it, you get a little
>explosion ... the flame does not liught and you now need to get all those
>combustion gases out of there before anything will light/burn.
I'll add my 2 cents. this post is right on the money.
Think of lighting the stove as a carb. car starting in cold weather.
Mixing the air(pump) and gas (propane)in the correct proportion.
The Dometic manual that comes with the van, describes how to start eh
fridge if it has not been used in over 24hours. I have followed this for
12 years and it has always worked.

Ciao,
Paolo
'87 westy-

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