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Date:         Sat, 6 Jan 2007 11:33:32 -0800
Reply-To:     Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM>
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From:         Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fridge more sensitive to low pressure than cooktop?
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Update -- Tried the fridge on 120VAC and it worked well. Filled the propane tank, and though the fridge lights & works on propane, it is winter so I suspect it's just barely working. The flame, which normally looks uniform and blue through the viewing glass, has a clear glowing red portion. Also, the amount of heat escaping the flue is much less than normal. So it seems like I have a clogged jet and/or combustion chamber. I'll pull it and clean it today.

So I think to answer my original question -- No, it appears as if the fridge is not particularly sensitive to low LPG level. If the stove burners work, the fridge flame should too.

On Jan 3, 2007, at 5:49 PM, Michael Diehr wrote:

> My dometic fridge was working very poorly last camping trip -- could > barely get below 60F (in 90 degree weather) and the flame looked weak > and yellow through the glass. So, I figured that the combustion > chamber must be clogged. Today, I removed the flue vent and > vacuumed the intake/exhaust tubes, and was just about to pull the > fridge out to clean the combustion chamber, when I realized that the > propane tank is empty, 100% bone dry. > > When I was camping, the stove burners were working fine. So I'm > wondering -- is it likely that the combustion chamber is not > clogged, and I was just running low on propane, and somehow the > pressure was low enough to screw up the fridge, but not low enough to > affect cooking?


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