Date:         Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:49:30 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Dometic 182 B Fridge- Ad Nauseum
Comments: To: Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
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At 03:56 PM 8/8/2009, Doug Alcock wrote:
>---except for 2 comments. Lighting the stove is (as far as I'm concerned)
>only to  get propane flowing --- if you've had the tank off or something.

If the line is full of air, the stove burner orifice will get the
common part of the line filled with LP much faster than the fridge
orifice.  Only the common part, unfortunately.  I recently installed
a natural-gas-fired hot-water heater at home and had to set a weight
on the pilot knob for half an hour before it would light.

>Turn the strove off before lighting fridge. My other tip is that the fridge
>lights better when it is on the highest propane setting. I vary the setting
>for lighting with temperature ---- only if it is really hot will I light it
>with the setting on high. (This may apply after you've pre-heated things by
>running on AC). Otherwise --- turn it down to about 3/4 or 2/3 for --- say
>70 degrees. If it is colder --- I turn it down more than that. Once the
>fridge is lit I turn it up full blast. Your mileage may vary widely :-)

I hate to tell you...the fridge has no idea whatsoever that you're
doing this.  The thermostat is either on (cooling flame) or off
(pilot flame) and that's all it knows.  It's probably easier to light
the cooling flame than the pilot.  You can feel the click in the knob
as it switches between the two.  Full on is always cooling; full off
is always pilot.

:-)
d

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