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Date:         Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:55:29 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Dometic won't light troubleshooting
Comments: To: Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM>
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At 12:08 PM 7/19/2008, Michael Diehr wrote:
>Is there a way to pressure test the LPG coming out of the dometic
>thermoregulator?  Or is the test basically to see whether the flame
>looks proper size/shape?


Clean jet by flushing with alcohol several times and blowing dry.
Take jet to local high school bio lab and use a stereo dissecting
microscope to examine it before/after cleaning. Around 40X...
See if a listmember can lend you a known-good jet to try...
Pipe around the thermostat to run direct, see if it cools that way...
Bus Boys has jets for ~$80 (!!)


I *surmise* that the outlet pressure from the thermostat should be
the same 11"WC as the inlet, i.e. that the orifice is the
sole  limiting factor.  But I'm not prepared to swear it.  Quite.




--
David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"
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