Date:         Sun, 30 Apr 2000 12:18:21 -0400
Reply-To:     Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU>
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From:         Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU>
Subject:      Thanks to all...my fridge works! (finally)
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It finally happened....the fridge finally decided to work. Last night I
left the gas on...ran the stove for 10 minutes. Then I plugged in the
fridge on 110v and left it.

When I got up this morning, the fridge was down to 31 degrees and there was
a slight coating of frost on the heat exchanger. So, I figured, what the
hell....lets light the gas....switched over to gas....pushed the
thermocoupler in....pumped like hell and lit it...it made a popping
noise....but in a minute or so I saw heat trails coming out of the
vent...SUCCESS! I ran it for a few hours, drove around, etc., and it still
stayed lit.

The only remaining (minor) problem with the stove is that the LED doesn't
work, but that's another fish to fry for another day.

Thanks to all who sent suggestions on how to get it to work!


Ric