Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 10:58:05 -0800
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From: Earl Smith <earlsmit@ISLANDNET.COM>
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> Subject: Dometic questions
> Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 18:05:21 -0800
> From: Earl Smith <earlsmit@islandnet.com>
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> A happy new year to all. May 1999 be a year of many troublefree miles
> in your Westy.
>
> In order to have troublefree camping with Smoky, I am overhauling and
> cleaning up the kitchen. Of course the fridge is one of the targets.
> As usual, I suffer from a lack of information on how it is supposed to
> work which makes troubleshooting very difficult.
>
> The easy question is: Where is the fuse that protects the line to the
> 12v heater? Of course Bently doesn't tell although it lables the fuse
> in the wiring diagram. Calls it S61. Big help! The Dometic manual
> talks about the fuse and says it is under the driver seat. More lies!
> I assume it is somewhere under the dash. Is it an inline fuse or is it
> in an auxiliary panel somewhere?
>
> Second question is much more complicated to ask. There is a green
> indicator light on the display panel that shows if the burner is lit.
> (This is really hard to describe) There is a copper tube coming up from
> the burner chamber. It seems to be filled solidly with something. The
> end in the chamber has a tip that could be a thermocouple. The other
> end goes into a brass cube screwed onto the end of the button one pushes
> and holds for ten seconds to light the burner. The wire from the
> indicator light joins onto a terminal that is part of a something inside
> the brass cube. The whole shebang resembles the pilot light assembly on
> the propane furnace in our basement.
>
> Anyone have an idea of a manual or textbook that could explain how this
> system is supposed to work and how the light gets lit? Since the
> light's operation is intermittent, I suspect it could be related to why
> the fridge burner is really hard to light sometimes.
>
> Please reply to my email address. Many thanks. Earl from Sunny sooke
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