fridge issues STILL -UPDATE
We're still blowing thermocouple fuses. We finally went to talk to an RV service guy and he said we shouldn't be running gas when traveling as it's next to the fuel tank. He said switch to 12 volt. ...
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Chris Bryant wrote:
I'll go out on a limb here- understand I cannot recommend anyone do this- but if it were mine, I would relocate that flame fuse a bit farther from the burner- even just installing it backwards, so the fuse part is sticking out to the left instead of right. In my opinion, that would still be in the area it needed to be in case of catastrophic failure, but a bit away from the flame.
That fuse setup was kind of a band-aide to address a production problem with the caravan 95 style units, not the Siegen units.
That setup is exactly what the Dometic refer recall was about. Both the Flame Thermal and the Snap Disc were for possible fire from a leaking cooling unit. If the cooling unit caught fire from the LP flame, hopefully that back wall thermal wire would burn and stop the flow to the control board and not supply the burner with LP to continue the flame fire. SOOOO, If that thermal fuse is being destroyed, I would think the flame is being pushed rearward by the in transit operation. In other words, that fuse IS doing its job, just not for a fire, but a flame out of spec. Since he has a 2001 model RV, then I will bet the Dometic recall was installed and whoever installed it, put that Thermal fuse in the wrong location. It needs to be moved to the LEFT a little more. Doug
