Jim,
I had an easy time attaching the piezo but an awful time getting it to
light the burner. It seems that it likes a match much better than the
piezo. I pulled off the job as my wife got home(6 days) and I wanted to
spend time with her. I will try again today.
I just read a message from John that dealt with burner problems with an old
Dometic frig. 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. I don't see how you can get a brush up the
chimney above the burner without more access. I have found mud dabber nests
in other places and wonder if they had taken up residence there also. Jim,
where did you mount the piezo? I had hoped to use the flint wheel hole but
it seems determinded to stay put.
As to the antenna, I thought about it but did not put a patch over the 4"
hole. I figured the old Skyliner was happy with it and if I did patch it,
the patch would have to be bigger than footprint of the new mount. I also
didn't like the idea of more holes in the ceiling. I hope this was not a
faulty assumption. Thanks!
..........Brian.........
73 Safari
at 08:03 PM 7/29/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Brian,
> I ordered the amplified Winegard antenna from Camping World, but it's
>backordered for a couple of weeks, or so they tell me.
>
>Might I assume that you had to make a filler plate of some sort to cover
>the 4" hole from the old one?
>
>Let me know if you need any tips on the piezo ignitor installation. From
>the sounds of things, you'll not have any trouble. I'll tell you that it
>took me a little bit of thinking to mount the sparking electrode on the
>burner. I ended up slightly reaming out the mounting hole in the
>bracket, then bending the (long) electrode into nearly a 'U' shape so it
>was about 1/8" from the burner. You need to be careful to use 2 pliers
>when doing this so you don't break the porcelin insulator, then cut the
>wire to length. Although mine is right in the flame and runs red hot, it
>doesn't seem to hurt it.
