my first Dometic fridge problem

I'm on the third  year with the 179 and this is the first major issue I have had.  We cooled the fridge on shore power before we left.  We normally travel with the fridge on propane but this time it would not light.  I could light the stove so I knew there was propane in the system.  The Pod had been covered while in storage so there wasn't spider webs, etc. but It would not light. We knew we would have shore power available for the first 10 nights of the trip so we decided to run the fridge on battery while traveling (there is enough power from the truck to do this) and then switch to shore power for overnight.

Good to know....You could benefit the pod community by posting the name of the company or the repairman...it can be hard to find good mechanical help in Gallup sometimes...thanks for the report and travel safe!

Sounds like you may have spider webs/debris in the combustion chamber area.  Maybe try a little air (if you have a compressor) and blow out or purchase a bottle of compressed air used for cleaning computer fans/keyboards.  I had this happen to me a few years ago and after blowing out all the junk installed screens over the 2 air outlets that are located on the exterior of the 177 behind the refer.  Never had an issue since.