2oldman wrote:
USAFBILL wrote:
sand the area around the welded tube and mix up a pint of JB
My refer leaked two days ago but apparently not from the 'warranty' area. My leak is on the left side where the garden-hose fitting is.
I Marine-epoxied the heck out of it but, no go. That fluid just finds its way out no matter what.
I don't quite understand the higher-wattage element discussion. If that were true, why would D suggest running it on electric? Besides, mine has almost exclusively been run on gas, so there no 'higher wattage' there anyway.
Dometic does not suggest running any recall affected refrigerators on gas because the flame present is the ignition source in the event of a ammonia leak with something like 10% - 15% ammonia solution by volume of air. Dometic predicts that less than 92 units will have that large of a leak at the same time the LP gas burner is running. The electric element should not start the fire, but the LP gas burner could be an ignition source in the event of a major leak.
The pressure inside the refrigerator is something like 300 PSI, so no ammount of wonder glue will slow it from leaking until all the pressure is gone, and the repair is done with no pressure inside the tubing.
Fred.
