Date:         Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:09:56 -0700
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: RATS!! All that work, now Dometic won't cool on LP
Comments: To: Mark Drillock <drillock@earthlink.net>
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Hi Mark.

Checked the net for a Marshall web presence, but none, so can't find
specs of what I used.

Used the LP tank and Marshall reg ( "Marshall 605H LP Gas" ... "Model
150" ) from my Weber BBQ.

Don't know what pressure it puts out as I can't measure pressure. (no gauges)

Does one need some kind of inline gauge to read pressure?

Flame looked quite health via viewer at inside bottom of fridge,
though that doesn't mean too much.



On 7/29/07, Mark Drillock <drillock@earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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
> >
>


--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.

http://web.mac.com/tubaneil