Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 11:04:21 -0700
Reply-To: David Greenland <dave.g@MINDSPRING.COM>
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From: David Greenland <dave.g@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject: Re: after the fridge is lit..
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Bill,
It's an electronic/electric clicking and it's definately not the fan. I also
hear it on the radio at times.
maybe someone else converted my fridge in some way to some kind of
electronic ignition. There are no external markings, no new buttons or
anything.
maybe I just need to pull it out and have a look.
Thanks again,
Dave.
on 4/18/00 10:40 AM, Davidson at wdavidson@thegrid.net wrote:
> Dave,
>
> I didn't mean the button... my mistake.. or course it is the last 1/2 inch
> of the air pump that sparks the piezzo....
> I don't know what could be making the clicking... the piezzo is manual
> unless you have the Hoch set up and you don't....
> The only other moving part behind the fridge that I can think of is the
> fan... how fast its the clicking?... could the fan blade be hitting
> something?
> Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Greenland <dave.g@mindspring.com>
> To: Davidson <wdavidson@thegrid.net>; vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
> Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 10:29 AM
> Subject: Re: after the fridge is lit..
>
>
>> Bill,
>>
>> Well, yes, and no. The piezzo unit is definately what I hear ticking.
>>
>> But I thought pressing the button doesn't make it tick. Pressing the
> button
>> just overrides a thermal gas cutoff valve to allow gas to flow even though
>> there's no heat/flame. (could be wrong though..)
>>
>> -I've got no idea what (action) makes it tick. Maybe a lack of heat?
>>
>>
>> -The guys at Hoch motors haven't had this van yet. The fridge is completely
>> original. (the price was artificially inflated at another bay area dealer
>> instead)
>> I've only seen one Hoch van with that 'electronic sparker', but it was
>> apparently fitted by someone else.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dave.
>> '91 westy.
>>
>> on 4/17/00 7:07 PM, Davidson at wdavidson@THEGRID.NET wrote:
>>
>>>> I keep hearing the ticking from the doodad that lights the pilot flame
> in
>>> my
>>>> fridge sometimes for hours after the pilot light is lit.
>>>>
>>>> I know this is probably not normal, but does anyone have any idea what
> may
>>>> be going on ?
>>>>
>>> Dave... what do you mean by that scientific term: 'doodad' ?
>>> Do you mean the button you push to spark the piezzo?
>>> Or do you mean one of those electronic sparkers that were put on over in
>>> Santa Rosa by Hoch Motors???
>>> Bill
>>
>>
>
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