Date:         Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:41:38 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark Drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Mark Drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: RATS!! All that work, now Dometic won't cool on LP
Comments: To: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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What regulator is on the BBQ tank and have you measured the actual
propane pressure seen by fridge while the cooling was bad?

Mark

neil N wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> Did a lot of work on my Dometic, but it's not cooling on LP.
>
> :(
>
> So.....
>
> Before I took it apart, it cooled on LP and AC.
>
> Currently it cools only on AC
>
> After assembled, fridge lit, but didn't cool. (used BBQ tank outside)
> No real heat going into 1st set of condenser fins. Could feel that on
> AC. It was around 80 F outside, but it should have at least cooled a
> little.
>
> Took apart combustion chamber to check things.
>
> All assembled correctly.
>
> Thermostat works. Flame goes down at min, (I hear a click) then it
> goes up after turning therm knob. (albeit "full flame" as ~ 75 F
> inside fridge) All insualtion was in, but here's one question:
>
> Are these pipes too far apart? (about 1/2' at end just before the brass nut)
>
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil/iWeb/Site%205/TooFar.html
>
> Maybe I moved the exhaust pipe when tightening brass nut down. I have
> read that they have to be fairly close together to transfer heat to
> refrigerant tube.
>
> Many thanks for any help.
>
> I'm stumped.
>
> Neil.
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
>
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
>