Help with fridge and pilot light
My father in law is set to take his 30ft cougar fifth wheel out for a 2 month trip but realized his pilot ligh to his oven and fridgerator won't start up on propane mode. The water heater kicks on fin...
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The first time I take my trailer out of storage it takes a good 30 seconds to purge the air out of the lines and light the stove burners. Turn on all the stove burners and let them burn for about 20-30 seconds to purge the air out of the lines. If you can burn all burners at once with a mostly blue flame you don't have a propane delivery problem. Now turn the burners off.
After purging with the stove burners try to light the pilot light on the oven. I use a standard propane log lighter that you can buy almost anywhere. Set the oven on pilot and then hold in the knob while applying flame with the lighter. If the pilot lights then hold the knob for another 15 seconds.
If the pilot won't light when holding the know then you have a problem. If the pilot lights and burns when holding the knob in, but it goes out when you release the knob, you have a thermal couple problem. The thermal couple is the metal rod above the pilot flame. If the flame is not heating the rod the pilot will go out. bend the rod slightly to make sure it is over the pilot flame.
Now try lighting the refrigerator. Turn it on and have someone go listen for the clicking. On my refrigerator it tries three separate times and if it fails to light after three attempts it shuts off and won't try again. If that happens turn the refrigerator off, wait about five seconds and then turn it back on again. It might take a few tries to get it lit. It will probably never light if you don't use the stove burners first.
If the above fails try running the furnace, then the water heater and then go back and try the refrigerator and stove again.
After purging with the stove burners try to light the pilot light on the oven. I use a standard propane log lighter that you can buy almost anywhere. Set the oven on pilot and then hold in the knob while applying flame with the lighter. If the pilot lights then hold the knob for another 15 seconds.
If the pilot won't light when holding the know then you have a problem. If the pilot lights and burns when holding the knob in, but it goes out when you release the knob, you have a thermal couple problem. The thermal couple is the metal rod above the pilot flame. If the flame is not heating the rod the pilot will go out. bend the rod slightly to make sure it is over the pilot flame.
Now try lighting the refrigerator. Turn it on and have someone go listen for the clicking. On my refrigerator it tries three separate times and if it fails to light after three attempts it shuts off and won't try again. If that happens turn the refrigerator off, wait about five seconds and then turn it back on again. It might take a few tries to get it lit. It will probably never light if you don't use the stove burners first.
If the above fails try running the furnace, then the water heater and then go back and try the refrigerator and stove again.
