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DraginRat

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Posted: 08/12/08 12:41pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

one other thing. look for debris between the burner and thermo-couple. Had that happen to us once.

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Posted: 08/12/08 01:07pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

OK thanks., I will go home after work and try all those things.

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Posted: 08/12/08 02:16pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

How did you determine that you have gas? Did you manually light it?

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Posted: 08/12/08 03:57pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

If you got air in the line (i.e., from a depleted propane tank), it may take several tries before the fridge lights. It doesn't use a whole lot of gas. When it "clicks" on and there's no gas, it shuts off. It can sometimes take quite a few tries to purge the air from the LP gas line.


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Posted: 08/12/08 11:05pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

I had run into a couple of different problems. First I had debris from the flue come down and land on the burner. The burner would light but would shut down after a 1 min because the debris would prevent the it from reaching the required temp. A temporary fix was to vacuum the debris out untill I could have the flue cleaned. The second was the thermo-couple itself. The thermo-couple is that ceramic looking peiece with a wire comming out that provides the spark that ignites the propane. The wire comming out of the ceramic peice had come loose and would move around sometimes lighting sometimes not. Simple fix.

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Posted: 08/13/08 03:34pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

Go here clicky

The igniter and the thermocouple are 2 different things. Follow the diag on the link provided the see the difference.


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