fridge on the fritz rant
Bought our new to us Coleman two weeks ago. Already posted about awning problem. Get to the campsite and plug in the shore power. Checked the fridge and find it hot. I had plugged it in and put it ...
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raychris1 wrote:
The fridge is not a manual light. It has a dial and a push button to light the propane. It has a peep hole to make sure the pilot light is on.
Yes, your fridge is a manual light fridge that requires no 12 vdc to operate in the gas mode, unlike a DSI fridge that does. When you push that button that's what you're doing - lighting the fridge manually. Your fridge also has no "pilot light" as that flame you see is as big as it gets, consuming ~ 625 BTU per hour, meaning it could easily run constantly for over a month on a 20 lb tank. To repeat - your battery has nothing to do with operating this fridge in the gas mode.
