Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 08:20:58 -0700
Reply-To: Steve Sullivan <Steve@NORTHWESTWATCH.ORG>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Steve Sullivan <Steve@NORTHWESTWATCH.ORG>
Subject: Re: Dometic 182 B Propane probs
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
It took my ages to get my fridge to light. Same trouble you're having. Just
keep at it, it'll work. Tips: full tank of propane, pre-fill the lines by
lighting stove for a few minutes, make sure the outside valve is on (don't
ask about that one), pre-warm the exhaust tube overnight by plugging in the
110v outlet and running fridge on MAX (creates a draft, biggest obstacle in
lighting fridge is lack of air flow, propane floods chamber in a matter of
seconds and it won't light no matter how much it sparks). Yes, my sparker
seemed to get dimmer with use, but I think it's an illusion. When it finally
lit, it did so consistently on the first spark. I was letting the gas flow
too long and flooding it. I tried blowing air into a tube attached to the
condensation drain under the fridge, but just blew the flame out (after a
while it would light perfectly but go out after 10 seconds. I almost cried,
but now it lights and stays on fine). I found that following the lighting
instructions exactly was the key, and to blow out the excess propane after
an unsuccessful light and letting it sit for a minute was the key. Good
luck.
P.S. my LED indicator doesn't work and so figuring out if it was lit was a
real challenge. Finally lit it at night so I could see in the window. Can
also run outside and listen (don't burn your ear, the vent gets hot!) for
the flame at the flue vent. Anyone with advice on how to fix the LED, please
let me know!
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Puzerewski [mailto:puzerewski@EMAIL.MSN.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 3:02 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Dometic 182 B Propane probs
Here is where I stand now.
Took off the burner, cleaned it out. There was a lot of
white dust in
there. Something is referred to as burner gauze, saw
nothing like that.
Just where the jet screws into the burner, there is an
approx 8mm hose on
the top and bottom of the burner right there. The seals
seem fine, and
reassembled.
Tried to start following directions several people sent, and
no luck. Let
it sit for an hour tried to lit and first time heard a small
explosion down
there. Naturally in my excitement, released the fuel button
and never saw a
flame. Kept trying, and no luck.
It seems that when you repeatedly press the ignitor, it
stops sparking on
every push. Also, the the spark appears more yellow/white
in nature than
blue. ANy comments on this?
When I hook the lead from the thermocouple to the indicator
panel on the
fridge cabinet it is red. Does it go out when the fridge is
lit?
Adam Puzerewski
81 Westy
|