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Date:         Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:33:10 -0700
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dometic fridge - problem resolved
Comments: To: RAlanen@aol.com
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On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:01 AM, Frank Condelli<RAlanen@aol.com> wrote: > ......So, I get my barbecue tank and regulator and hook > it up  directly to the line from the van's tank regulator.  Within one hour > it's  cooled down to -5C.  So the regulator is bad, right ?  Installed a > new  regulator yesterday and it's now cooling as it had previously.  Down to > -9C  easily overnight.  The weird thing of it is the regulator that I removed >  was installed October 07, 2005 a Marshall Brass 290 the same as the one I > just  installed.  So, a question remains as to why the regulator only lasted > a  few years.  Is this normal ?  Just a crappy regulator built  in ? > Mexican propane damage ?  What ? >

Far fetched, but IF moisture was present in LP pumped into your tank, could this freeze up the regulator and damage it?

Neil.

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