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starcraft69
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May 19, 2017

Fridge not staying lit when traveling

I am having a problem with fridge not staying lit when traveling. Works fine on gas when parked. This just started to happen it would happen from time to time over the last two years but now seems to be every time. I was thinking of tape over the cover to limit air blowing it out. How much and were on the cover. It seems so encased i dont see how it blows out. Any help with this appreciated. Here are a few pics to help troubleshoot.







  • I had the same problem.

    Is your fridge in the slideout ???

    If so, then you might have the same situation that I had. The flexible gas line located under the slide got kinked when the slide was 'in', which stopped the flow of gas. The solution was to use some plastic ties to keep the line in place and prevent it from kinking. Once we did that, my fridge worked just dandy.
  • GoPackGo wrote:
    I had the same problem.

    Is your fridge in the slideout ???

    If so, then you might have the same situation that I had. The flexible gas line located under the slide got kinked when the slide was 'in', which stopped the flow of gas. The solution was to use some plastic ties to keep the line in place and prevent it from kinking. Once we did that, my fridge worked just dandy.


    I will check this in the morning. This just may be it. The burner tube was clean no rust or build up. I will update if I find kink.
  • starcraft69 wrote:
    GoPackGo wrote:
    I had the same problem.

    Is your fridge in the slideout ???

    If so, then you might have the same situation that I had. The flexible gas line located under the slide got kinked when the slide was 'in', which stopped the flow of gas. The solution was to use some plastic ties to keep the line in place and prevent it from kinking. Once we did that, my fridge worked just dandy.


    I will check this in the morning. This just may be it. The burner tube was clean no rust or build up. I will update if I find kink.



    Update:::::

    This is what it was the hose would kink tight and cut off gas supply. I used some zip ties to help realign the hoses as they coil up. Thank you so much GoPackGo !!!!
  • I had the same problem and had a tech look at it. He put a new thermocoupler in and cleaned things up and it stays lit while driving now even in heavy wind.
  • starcraft69 wrote:
    starcraft69 wrote:
    GoPackGo wrote:
    I had the same problem.

    Is your fridge in the slideout ???

    If so, then you might have the same situation that I had. The flexible gas line located under the slide got kinked when the slide was 'in', which stopped the flow of gas. The solution was to use some plastic ties to keep the line in place and prevent it from kinking. Once we did that, my fridge worked just dandy.


    I will check this in the morning. This just may be it. The burner tube was clean no rust or build up. I will update if I find kink.



    Update:::::

    This is what it was the hose would kink tight and cut off gas supply. I used some zip ties to help realign the hoses as they coil up. Thank you so much GoPackGo !!!!


    Super !

    Glad it was something that was easy to correct.