Domestic 3804 Not Cold On Gas
I have a 1990 dometic that works fine on electric, but barely works on gas. A few weeks ago it lasted about a day on gas, now it melts down within a few hours. The cooling unit is spotless, I mean no ...
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dano73 wrote:
I have taken the top cover off my trailer and there is no way I can access the top of the chimney. There is a raised rectangular screened port that allows the heat out, but no access to the top of the chimney. I've had many old trailers, but have never had to clean the flue, and the only possible way to access it is to take the fridge out of the cabinet. I have tapped on the chimney, and gotten some light rust, nothing crazy, no big chunks or flakes, what I would consider normal.. And if there is a blockage, which I doubt, why would the external temp of the chimney, be the same as it is when it's plugged in?
It appears to me that you will have to (access the baffle and pull it) whether you want to or not (even if it means pulling the fridge out on the cavity.
My gut feeling is, it's sooted up and needs cleaning as well as the chimmney inside (with a bottle brush, from the top down with the burner removed, because the junk is going to come out...big time.
As Mr. Biscuit points out, the temp is higher on propane than it is on the Mullion tube, not equal.
I think you have a clogged boiler.
Lets be specific, it's only one tube for the flame chimney (which is why there is a baffle in it and one tube carries the ammonia solution and they aew welded together.
