Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:52:27 EST
Reply-To: RAlanen@AOL.COM
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From: Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: Refrigerator Ignition System(s)
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In a message dated 14/11/2008 12:08:27 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
The Dometic fridge in the Vanagon Westfalia had the automatic
electric piezo from 1988 or 1989 on, I'm not all that sure about those dates.
I do not have the model numbers associated with those fridges either.
However, if you wish to install an automatic electric piezo on you Dometic fridge
it's a simple matter of obtaining an aftermarket unit from a RV parts store
that deals in propane fridge parts. It will come with install instructions and
you will have to remove the fridge to install it.
>>>>>>As a long-time subscriber to the list, and following a variety of
threads about the Dometic refrigerators, I am curios if there was an
ignition change somewhere along the line. I have a 1997 Syncro
Westfalia, and attempting to get the refrigerator lit drives me nuts. I
press the ignition button, and there is a single piezo spark. In a
couple of posts, one recently, there was a reference to an electric
piezo igniter on some later refrigerators.
Do I assume correctly that at some point in time the single spark
igniter was replaced by igniter using a power source and produce
multiple sparks (like my LP gas BBQ does)?
Can I retro-fit my 1987 "single spark" refrigerator with the electronic
igniter?
At what point in the model run did this change take place, or what are
the refrigerator model numbers which have the electric igniter?<<<<<<<<
Cheers,
Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_
(http://frankcondelli.com/trainsal.htm) )
_Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://frankcondelli.com/busindex.html) -
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
_Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_
(http://frankcondelli.com/exhaust.htm)
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camping event, Almonte, ON, June 12 ~ 15, 2008
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