Date: Wed, 23 Nov 94 8:41:47 EST
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From: dcarment@ccs.carleton.ca (David Carment)
Subject: RE: Westy 3-Way Fridge Questions
Matt Tooley writes:
>
> Well after taking everyone's advice I was able to get the fridge to light.
> It took about 30 minutes of pumping and sparking to get it to light. During
> the course of all of it there were a 3 flare ups through the flue ( kinda
> like backfires or when you leave the lid down on your gas grill when you are
> trying to light it, not quite as big though).
>
> I was just about to give up trying for the night when I looked down and saw
> a little blue flame in the window of the fridge! Let it burn for a few
> minutes and turned it off and tried again. This time it lit after just a
> few pumps and sparks. The flow meter moved all the way to the green!
>
> I had run the fridge for a day and a half off 110V to test to see if it
> could cool. When I got home last night frost had formed on the cooling fins
> inside as well as some ice in a container of water I had put in there.
>
> The only question remaining is whether to drive with the LP running the
> fridge or to run it off of 12V. If it takes much effort to light the fridge
> once you get some where then all the cold escapes while you are trying to
> light the thing !
>
> Thanks again....
>
>
I was not aware that some of the fridge ignition systems had a three way
LED set up. Mine glows red only if the fridge is working on LP, there is
no green....DC
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