Date:         Sat, 7 Nov 2015 07:50:08 -0500
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From:         "kimbrennan@mac.com" <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dometic fridge question
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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there is a switch (at least on the later models) that controls whether the leds are on or not. right in the middle of the panel. bottom Led was green in original equipment. Some of us have replaced it with a blue one.

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> On Nov 7, 2015, at 6:50 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> The LEDs go like this, at least on all but the very early models. There are
> two vertical columns of lights. The right hand column indicates the status

> of the battery. The top three of the left hand column indicate the water
> level in the onboard tank. The bottom light (it is an incandescent light
> and not an LED because they didn't have blue lights back then, if your is
> original) tells you whether the burner light is lit on the fridge.
> 
> There is also a sight glass through the wall of the fridge into the
> combustion chamber so you can look directly at the flame. Over  time
> experience will tell you what a good robust flame looks like. It should be

> a nice even row of blue on the bottom with orange over that. It is a lot
> easier to see at night than in the day.
> 
> Let me know if you need an overlay with the legend for the indicator light

> on it.
> 
> Jim
> 
>> On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 2:03 AM Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> That's the one I'm talking about Andre, the bottom LED of the LEDs on the

>> panel on the front of the stove. And no, it only lights when the stove is

>> lit, the flame burning, when on propane.  It is triggered by a thermocouple
>> in the combustion chamber.
>> 
>>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 8:42 PM, Andre Fiedler <fiedlerac@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks Loren.  What about the LED on the stove panel? Should that
>>> illuminate in all 3 modes?
>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 9:31 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> ​RE: Fridge and LEDs
>>>> The bottom LED will only light when using propane.  It indicates that
>> the
>>>> flame is lit.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> *"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop

>>> playing."*
>>> 
>>> *- George Bernard Shaw*
>>