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Topic: 2017 - 179 propane not working on fridge

Posted By: SqueakyToy17
Subject: 2017 - 179 propane not working on fridge
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2017 at 11:22pm

did a drycamping weekend...much to my dismay when placed the fridge (Dometic) - no joy. Luckily my baby brother and brother-in-law trouble shot it - appears the auto start part not working.

Any others that have similar

Any one replace the part and where did you get it?

Other than that - LOVING my little trailer! 😊😊

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Posted By: Keith-N-Dar
Date Posted: 20 Aug 2017 at 6:45am

I don't understand "Auto Start Part." I assume you selected LP mode on your fridge, had LP in the tank and gas turned on, had battery power to the fridge, and had it turned on. You have to do all these steps as well as setting how cold you want it. None of this is automatic.

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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers)
2011 R-Pod 177
2010 Ford F-150

Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 20 Aug 2017 at 10:55am

Originally posted by Keith-N-Dar

I don't understand "Auto Start Part." I assume you selected LP mode on your fridge, had LP in the tank and gas turned on, had battery power to the fridge, and had it turned on. You have to do all these steps as well as setting how cold you want it. None of this is automatic.

+1

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Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 20 Aug 2017 at 12:43pm

Ditto!

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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150
2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk
Previously owned
2015 Rpod 179
2010 Rpod 171

Posted By: Tars Tarkas
Date Posted: 20 Aug 2017 at 2:01pm

Do you have gas at the stove? If the fridge runs on other modes, just not propane, you could check the orifice and flue for cobwebs, dirt dauber nests, other debris.

TT

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2010 176
FJ Cruiser

Posted By: SqueakyToy17
Date Posted: 20 Aug 2017 at 10:31pm

Thanks all. We did all that. Stove works fine. We heard clicking but for some reason gas wasn't flowing and ignited. I may be calling the part the wrong name. It in the upper left had area - looks like a square...will have to pull out the manual again for the correct name.

We did all the trouble shooting in the manual...no joy.

Posted By: SqueakyToy17
Date Posted: 20 Aug 2017 at 10:32pm

Oh and it's nice and clean no bugs cobwebs or other things that shouldn't be there.

Posted By: mjlrpod
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2017 at 8:56am

Not sure if you already resolved this, but if you smell gas present when you turn it on in propane mode, you may just be missing a spark. Sometimes the problem is the ignitor electrodes are just a bit to far apart and dont cause a spark. You will hear the ignitor attemting to light (clicking sound) but with no spark, it cant light

. You can push them a little closer together and try it again and see if that works.

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2017.5 Rp-172
2020 R-pod 195
2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl
I'll be rpodding