Okay, flameouts every 30-45 seconds does not sound normal, especially after an hour. How old is your R-Pod? Is it still under warranty? This is probably something that will need to be diagnosed by your dealer. Will you be camping where you will have an electrical hookup? If so, you will probably want to use the refrigerator in AC mode until you can get somewhere to get the gas issue diagnosed.
In the meantime, have you removed the lower cover and observed the flame while this is happening? I think you might have a problem ours had when we first got it. That is, wasps had built a nest in the flue and the flame was shooting out back toward the gas tubing instead of going up the flue. This meant that the flame sensor was not getting adequately heated and the electronics could not detect the flame properly.
How to clean the flue: 1. Make sure refrigerator is turned off. You can also turn off the propane tank valve for additional safety. 2. Remove both upper and lower outside covers (rotate the inner portion of the catch 90 degrees and pull that part out until it stops. The bottom part of the vent covers should then pop out easily. Reverse the process to reinstall after you are finished. 3. Using a cross-tip screwdriver, remove the screw holding the burner in place. Gently pull the burner toward you and it should slide out from the flue. 4. Check the burner. Is it clean? If so, good. If not, then it will need to be cleaned. a. Using appropriate sized open-end wrenches (or adjustable wrenches), carefully disconnect the gas line from the burner. Be especially careful when you disconnect it not to lose the thin, metal orfice. The orfice may be cleaned with denatured alcohol or 92% isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol. Do not stick anything through the opening. Carefully dry the orfice.
b. Clean the burner. You may use compressed air to help with this. c. Carefully place the orfice back in the burner and reconnect the tubing. Make sure it is replaced in the same orientation as it was removed. Putting it on the end of the tubing and inserting it that way may work best. 5. Remove the flue cap (looks like slanted T) from the top of the flue. Also remove the metal spiral. 6. If you have a thin brush on a flexible shaft, that may work best to brush the inside of the flue. Clean all the way from top to bottom. Then clean up any loose material that was disloged. 7. Replace metal spiral and flue cap in the same places they were when you removed them. 8. Gently slide the burner assembly back ont othe bottom of the flue stack and replace the screw to hold it in place. 9. Open the LP tank valve (if you closed it) and purge the gas lines by running the stove until you get a steady flame. 10. Try running the refrigerator on propane. Like before, it may take a few cycles before the rest of the air is purged from that branch of the gas lines. During this time, you may get no flame, or a flame that lights, pops, and goes out. However, after a few cycles, the flame should settle down into a steady flame. The flame should be steady blue flame with a little yellow on top. The flame should be going up the flue. You should feel heat at the top of the flue stack.
If all goes well, this will get you going. However, if this does not cure the problem, then a trip to someplace that can check it out and repair what is wrong is going to be needed. If under warranty, to you dealer. If not, then try to find an RV repair place near you that will do the work.
Good luck in finding out what the problem is and in getting the problem fixed.
------------- StephenH
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