George, The Westfalia Dometic fridge should not blow out while driving or in a strong wind or while driving in a strong wind. If it does, then there is probably one of two things wrong: 1) Both the air inlet pipe to the combustion chamber and the combustion exhaust pipe from the combustion chamber must be exactly the same length. If not, differential pressures at the vent will cause excess air to flow down one or the other of the two pipes and blow out the flame. If you must shorten one hose then shorten the other to match. 2) The vent on the outside must not have any leaks around the rubber gasket; the gasket must have the dimple facing forwards; and the metal dish with the hole in the middle must be fastened securely to the exhaust pipe and held firmly in place by the chrome cap. If anything is loose or misaligned then excess air may flow down one of the two pipes and blow out the flame. Keep the flame burning. Larry George Nahrebecky wrote: > <snip> It's the problem of the little beasties blowing out. It used to happen on > mine so > infrequently that I didn't pay much attention to the thread on the subject. I > removed the fridge and did a general cleaning the other day.<snip> Unfortunately, at > highway speeds, my Dumbetic has taken to blowing out most of the time.<snip> If > someone could update me on what some of the proposed > fixes were, I would appreciate it. <snip> |
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