Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 08:02:08 -0700
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Refrigerator lighting
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This is not a constructive or instructive reply, but rather an observatory
reply....No, Scott...not Observatory like Palomar or Mt. Wilson..for
star-gazing, but an anecdotal observation of what happens with my Dometic
fridge..
Mine works. Dependably, for the most part, but without a predictable
sequence of behavior.
Mine sometimes requires lots of patience to get lit but not always..
Sometimes it fires up and stay lit right off... No logic to why or when.
When it is being stubborn about lighting and staying lit...I think..."This
is it, the time it just won't work"....but if I persist, it always has, so
far. It may help if that side of the van is in the sun when lighting the
flame...I think that may start the chimney drawing a little
better...probably my imagination....I shall have to consult my
vanagon-specific Ouija Board...
I have cleaned everything. It is just 'cantankerous' and unpredictable.
Better than the other vehicles that we own with Dometics, however.
Once lit, I can usually drive a thousand miles without losing the flame.
But not always. Sometimes it blows out.. Sometimes, rarely, it even goes
off when the van is just parked.
Once lit and running the Dometic I have works very well indeed. It keeps
stuff well and lasts about 3 weeks, full time, on a 5 gallon portable tank.
These just seem to be 'fussy' fridges. I have never encountered one that
behaved. (I've owned or been around about half a dozen)
Don Hanson
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 5:42 AM, Leonard Sitongia <sitongia@onebeam.net>wrote:
> On Aug 31, 2011, at 11:08 PM, neil n wrote:
>
> > Are you certain the drain plug is clear? If so.....
>
> The condensation drain? Yes, I can pump air into it.
>
> >
> > This takes patience, but if you can see when the flame is dying, open
> > the drain. Or, pump the air pump. Anything to introduce more air into
>
> I have a small hand pump for blowing up fit balls and stuff like that. It
> fits nicely into the drain pipe. If I pump while the flame is on, it goes
> out.
>
> > the burner box. If either keeps the flame alive, either the air
> > in/exhaust out cycle isn't happening or your intake tube is still
> > clogged. If no change, it *may* be a fuel delivery problem. Clogged
> > burner jet, LP line, etc. Also.....
> >
> > The flame will be 2 different sizes when fridge operating normally; no
>
> Ah, I didn't know that! Makes sense.
>
> > cooling needed, smaller flame, cooling needed, larger flame. Since
> > your LED doesn't work and that it can be hard to see the flame via the
> > viewer, you may think it's out but the flame is just at the smaller
> > size (unlikely though given that flame likely in full size mode to
> > cool down the fridge) A cardboard tube held up against the viewer is
> > great or seeing if the flame is alive. Especially during daylight
> > hours.
>
> I'll try that.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ==Leonard E. Sitongia
> One Inextricable Beam
> http://www.onebeam.net/
>
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