Hi Kathy,
Were the proper burners available 10 years ago or did the technician adapt
another burner to the M50 refrigerator?
John
At 01:37 PM 7/30/00 -0500, Kathy Hunt wrote:
>In the "Good Old Days' they told us to allow 24 hrs for the frig to cool
>down. In other word, light it 24 hrs before using it.
>
>I still have the original Dometic in my '61 Bambi. It also needed a new
>ceramic burner that was not available. About 10 years ago I located a
>refrigeration man near Albany OR that installed a new burner and
>calibrated it to the box. It has worked perfectly ever since. While it
>was out of the trailer I lined the area with 1inch thick styrofoam.
>Don't know if it did any good but the frig has been very efficient since
>that time. The back service door has a sign that says"Leave this door
>open in hot weather" I have also installed a computer fan ($3 at flea
>market) Wired it to a switch just below the stove and so turn it on
>manually. During the hot weather this summer everything was very
>satisfactory. Just remember that the ammonia type does not respond as
>quickly as the compressor type.
>
>Kathy
>
>On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 11:33:30 -0700 Dave Huffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>writes:
>> I have been informed there is no separate pilot flame in our fridges
>> --
>> just the one that changes size according to demand.
>> Oh yea, they're rather slow at doing their thing. I find the
>> "icebox"
>> the best indicator of when it's working -- the ice tray gets cold
>> first. When it's cold, the fridge interior will follow in its own
>> time.
>> Huff
>>
>> brian ganoe wrote:
>> ...I think I also have a case of the "slows", when it comes to
>> > cooling. I left it on all night and it was 38 degrees this am but
>> it took
>> > it all night to do it. I checked it about 3 hours after starting
>> it on gas
>> > and only the ice box was cold. Is this normal? There seems to be
>> only one
>> > output level of burner flame.
>
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