Puzzled by Refrigerator Problem
I'm getting ready for a trip, and can't figure out what's going on with the Dometic fridge in my six year old trailer. FWIW, we didn't use it at all for a year. Yesterday I tested the stove, water ...
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Wa8yxm is 100% right.
There is no pilot light on DSI appliances. A 6 year old unit will be DSI.
If you see a flame, it is the burner, not a pilot light.
However!
The main tube where the burnt propane vents out the top of the fridge, which is directly above the burner, can be prone to surface rust. This rust becomes loose and little flakes will settle down onto the top of the burner, effectively partially blocking the little holes of the burner. The flame can become reduced in size, even until it resembles a pilot light. Reduced flame = reduced heat = reduced cooling.
I have had to clean mine on various fridges I've had.
Take the outside cover off the fridge and look. There is usually a wind deflector in front of the burner, removable by taking out a screw holding it in place. This will expose the top of the burner, where you can inspect it for debris, and get in there with a shop vac, outfitted with a reduced size nozzle, and suck stuff out of there.
I further use compressed air and blow everything clean in there, including the long tube feeding gas to the burner. There is an adjustable hole in that tube where you can blow it out too.
Every time I have done this I have seen a noticeable difference in flame size and quality, and unit performance.
There is no pilot light on DSI appliances. A 6 year old unit will be DSI.
If you see a flame, it is the burner, not a pilot light.
However!
The main tube where the burnt propane vents out the top of the fridge, which is directly above the burner, can be prone to surface rust. This rust becomes loose and little flakes will settle down onto the top of the burner, effectively partially blocking the little holes of the burner. The flame can become reduced in size, even until it resembles a pilot light. Reduced flame = reduced heat = reduced cooling.
I have had to clean mine on various fridges I've had.
Take the outside cover off the fridge and look. There is usually a wind deflector in front of the burner, removable by taking out a screw holding it in place. This will expose the top of the burner, where you can inspect it for debris, and get in there with a shop vac, outfitted with a reduced size nozzle, and suck stuff out of there.
I further use compressed air and blow everything clean in there, including the long tube feeding gas to the burner. There is an adjustable hole in that tube where you can blow it out too.
Every time I have done this I have seen a noticeable difference in flame size and quality, and unit performance.
