Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 11:16:39 -0700
Reply-To: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Refrigerator lighting
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You're welcome.
here's a short youtube video I made showing flame and flame size
change. At ~ 6" you can hear the thermostat (relay?) click when
turned down, then up; flame size to small, back to big. Last part
shows (AFAIK I haven't viewed other fridge flames) a healthy large
size flame. Flame flicker and noise is me fooling with LP regulator
adjustment at tank. It may be that changing setting made flame
flicker. Do not assume that a higher water column of pressure is
better! Creating a bigger than "stock" flame, via any means, is of
no benefit and NOT recommended.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpPm7D-HbxQ
The wire that connects to LED (via another multi point connector IIRC)
is this one:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2PxS-qPf86M/TG4ZS4jOl-I/AAAAAAAADrk/VNtsAiyLi8M/s720/Dometic182BWire%25253Fa.jpg
You can see how it runs from the safety switch on the fridge. The
thermocouple connects to the back of the safety switch. When
thermocouple is heated enough, milliamps of current supplied to this
part
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-gN3rBDaDa8o/SoXBKRFNvRI/AAAAAAAADrk/4oKZ4Muji-I/s576/DometicSafetyValve2.jpg
pulls the plunger in thus allowing LP to pass. When you turn off your
fridge in LP mode, (gas knob "off") you will hear this plunger click
closed in a minute (or two) or less.
Anyhow....
IF the black wire is not connected, you may find it loose hanging
around the RH side of fridge. There's access up in LH of cupboard
under sink. I'm pretty sure that on Westys with the 182B (Check your
fridge door for model number) the spade of that wire pushes into a
connector near by. Your Bentley will show the wiring details.
Neil.
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:
>> 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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Neil n
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