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3.
Immediately, you should hear a continuous ticking or clicking sound coming from underneath the
refrigerator. This is the electronic igniter – a high voltage spark, jumping across to the burner. It will
continue indefinitely unless the burner either lights or you press a button other than
Propane
. If you
do not hear the continuous ticking sound (assuming you have a quiet environment to hear it), the
electronic igniter may be bad, or a 12V fuse may be blown (located on the top of the refrigerator).
4.
With the igniter ticking away, push the ‘A’,
Safety Valve
button, just to the left of the temperature
knob. Hold this button down until the indicator lamp ‘G’ comes on at the far right. If the burner
lights, the lamp will come on and the ticking will stop. (The electronic module senses the flame at the
burner and automatically shuts off the igniter, also turning on the lamp.)
5.
As soon as the lamp illuminates, hold the button for a count of ‘20’. Release the button. If the lamp
goes out, repeat holding the button for 1 minute then release. If the lamp still goes out after one
minute, you have the infamous “Burner Ignites, But Flame Will Not Hold” problem.
Note: If you view through the bottom grill beneath the fridge door, looking toward the left rear
corner, you should be able to see the ‘blue’ burner flame through a small, glass window on the front
of the burner box. (See image below.) You can only see this while holding the
Safety Valve
button
and the indicator lamp is lit. This task may require an assistant and a darkened environment. If the
flame is not lit, you may have other gas delivery issues, requiring more troubleshooting than this
paper intends to address. Before assuming the burner won’t light, make sure the external propane
tank valve is
ON
, and a stove burner can be lit, ensuring gas pressure is coming from the tank.
Extracting the Refrigerator
The next steps are required to remove the refrigerator for further examination and changes. It is assumed you
are approaching this for the first time. If you are a Eurovan expert, skip the next steps, and jump to
‘The Fix’ toward the end. (These steps explain work on a ’97 Eurovan Winnebago. If your model is
different, please apply your own mechanical skills to achieve the same results.)
1.
Turn
OFF
the external propane tank valve. Ensure that it is
OFF
by lighting a burner on the stove. If
the stove flame continues for more than 5 or 10 seconds, the external valve may be corroded,
preventing full turn off of the propane. If this happens, you cannot continue with the steps below until
the external valve has been replaced.