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another_rookie's avatar
Aug 29, 2013

refrigerator

I bought a new to me 2004 Coachman Mirada motor home last Nov. In late July I took my first trip and long story short when I started out I put the refrigerator in gas mode and all was fine.
( just assumed it should be in gas mode ) It worked fine, got to Colorado and with electric hook switched it over to the automatic setting. When I started home I changed it back to gas mode and after the first day realized it was not working. At home I cleaned out the burner tubes etc and was able to get a flame going again. Took it on another short trip and again the refrigerator did not work in gas mode ( does work with elec ) I was able once to get a flame at the campground once, turned it off and then was unable to get it to refire again.

Any thoughts as to why sometimes ( while sitting still ) it will light?

On another note I did change to the different bolt locations on the sway bars
( Ford Chassis ) and it really was a change for the better, coach ride is much improved.

Frank
  • I can't help with the primary question of why the gas portion won't light and stay lit. One suggestion, spiders love gas ports, check to see if one has built a Web in the port. Do not use anything solid to open it as I understand they are very sensitive. Use bottled air to blow out the port.

    I am not sure why you switch to gas mode when disconnected from store power. The auto mode should take care of the switch for you when you disconnect from store power. We leave our Dometic in auto at all times and let the Internal system keep track of power source. If ac is available that is the default otherwise it switches to gas.
  • Probably not relevant to your exact problem, but we had a Mirada (2000) and had a problem with the refer going out while driving down the road.

    Turns out the cover allowed too much air flow in while driving and blew out the flame. Cured by installing some sort of air diverter/restricter on the inside of the cover. As I recall it was a piece of galvinized metal with round holes in it that reduced the open area by about 50%.