Date:         Mon, 6 Oct 2003 13:09:34 -0700
Reply-To:     Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      A (propane) Fridge footnote
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A couple of weeks ago, I was crowing about having
fixed my (1991) fridge's propane system to where it
would light on ONE click of the pizzo lighter.  ......
 Well, as hurricane Juan blew through Halifax last
week, and blew out the power lines, I tried to resort
to the Westy's fridge to save some milk, eggs etc.

The fridge would not light??  The pizzo lighter would
click (fire) ONCE and then not at all.  So out came
the fridge again (I can do it in about 20 minutes
now).  I searched and searched. What it was, was the
wire that runs to the pizzo lighter (goes from top of
the fridge to the burn box on the left rear bottom)
was shorting out against the small propane line that
runs vertically parallel to the wire.  The pizzo
apparatus would fire ONCE, but no more.  When I moved
the wire, it would fire several times and fire up the
propane.  When I put my fingers on the wire, it would
short it out again.

So I put some insulation around the wire and re-routed
the wire, and all seems to be fine.  I post this as it
may not be real obvious as to how or why the pizzo
lighter fires ONCE but no more.

Fridge works fine now (again).  Malcolm

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