If the LED glows dimly and then goes out, you may have 1) weak battery (not enough voltage and it can't spark 2) in need of adjustment/cleaning of the burning chamber. Again, if you don't have a strong enough battery for the sparker to bridge the gap this can be adjusted by cleaning the tip and moving it slightly closer to the burner. Based on your symptoms, I'd check the voltage at your battery first.
On Jun 16, 2006, at 2:41 PM, William Manley wrote: > Hi: > > The fridge in my 91 westy is not lighting on propane. Do I need to > replace the electronic ignitor? > > The fridge: this is the stock 90-91 style Dometic 182B EGI with auto > electronic ignition. > > The symptoms: When I try to light it, the little red display at upper > right glows briefly, then goes out. In other words, the red light > doesn't flash, and I don't hear the normal clicking sound. I think > its not sparking. > > The fridge works on DC. After plugging it in with 60-70 temps > outside, I get cooling that is possibly ok but maybe slow: > start 84 deg F > 2 hr 60 > 4 hr 51 > 20 hr 38 > > Do you think I need to replace the ignitor ($172)? What about the > "spark plug with cable"? thermocouple? > > And does it seem to be cooling with DC reasonably well? > > Thanks, > Bill > Boulder |
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