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Topic: cleaning the propane mechanism in the fridge
Posted By: headcold
Subject: cleaning the propane mechanism in the fridge
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2015 at 9:07pm
O.K., my Dometic refrigerator does seem to cool as quickly and well with propane as it does with electricity, whether shore power or battery. This is a reversal of what I previously experienced. I suspect that the propane devices in the fridge need to be cleaned. Anyone out there ever tried to do that themselves? If so, what's the procedure for doing so?



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Posted By: Podster
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2015 at 10:44pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f79ry49dnTw - Clean The RV Refrigerator's Burner Tube Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSrVU7MRBUo - Cleaning the Jet/Orifice on an RV Refrigerator



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Cliff & Raelynn
Ranger 4.0/178
(1/2 ton 5,800lb tow capacity)


Posted By: headcold
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2015 at 10:48am
Thanks folks,

It appears that it might have been the beastly hot weather (90+ for several weeks) that was taxing my fridge. and keeping it from cooling adequately at less than four or five dots. It seems to be cooling adequately now on 3 dots; but, it has been cool lately (50's to the low 70's).  I appreciate the links to the instructions.  Checking the burners to see if they are producing a nice blue flame would be in order anyway.  The problem is that my Dometic fridge is a RM 8501 which is laid out differently than those in the video.  I want to remove the plate shielding the burner from the wind but it has a white electrical wire attached to it - which I assume is a ground wire, though it doesn't appear as such in the wiring schematic.  Should I remove the ground to take off the plate?  Also, I can't find the screws that attach the plate to the burner assembly.  The schematic in the Dometic manual doesn't show where those screws might be.


Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2015 at 12:55pm
Even at 90+ it should have no problem keeping the interior in the mid-30's.  I believe on my 8501 there was one screw to hold the shield in place, then one screw that held the burner assembly in place.

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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual



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