Date:         Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:04:49 -0400
Reply-To:     Adam Thacker <87westy@THACKER.CA>
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From:         Adam Thacker <87westy@THACKER.CA>
Subject:      Re: Fridge Orfice Keeps Getting Blocked Any Suggestions?
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Actually I am talking about where the propane gas meets the brass fitting
that controls the amount of gas that has the tiny hole. I have to take the
brass fitting out and clean the orfice once that's done the fridge runs
great..and keeps things very cold. esp since zip tied a cpu fan onto the top
of the internal fins that kicks in when the rear fan comes on. My
understanding is that the flame should never get down that far and should
remain on the burner so I don't believe that it's a cabon build up. Any
other suggestions?



-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Malcolm Stebbins
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 8:35 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Fridge Orfice Keeps Getting Blocked Any Suggestions?


--- Adam Thacker <87westy@THACKER.CA> wrote:

> I took it out and the orifice was plugged again. And now it has 
> happened again. My question is why is this happening? Where is the 
> dirt coming from?? Is the propane tank rusting from the inside? Or 
> does the regulator filter out

Which orifice and where?  If it's crud on top of the where the flame is,
then I'd guess that it is rust comming down from the exhaust chimney, and
one needs to run a bottle brush up and down the chimney to get all of the
loose crud out.

I have photos up here http://photos.yahoo.com/mwstebbins  see "fridge flame"
folder.



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