Owner’s Manual 8
- Contact your dealer or Thetford authorized service
center if the flame is:
- yellow
- flickering or changing shape.
- Make sure the flame does not touch the inside of the
flue tube [76].
- If the flame touches the inside of the flue tube, contact
your dealer or an authorized Thetford Service Center.
- Close the burner box door.
Remove and clean the burner orifice:
NOTE: Your dealer or an authorized Thetford Service Center
must do this procedure.
To remove and clean the burner orifice:
- Close the valve at the propane gas tank(s).
- Close the manual shut off valve of the refrigerator.
- Shut down the refrigerator..
- Open the lower intake vent.
CAUTION:
The burner box cover can be hot.
Wear gloves to avoid burns.
- Remove the burner box cover by removing one screw.
WARNING:
To avoid possible propane gas leaks,
always use two wrenches to loosen and tighten the
gas supply line at the refrigerator’s manual shut off
valve.
- Remove the flare nut from the orifice assembly [77] (See
Art00956).
- Remove the orifice assembly from the burner [78].
WARNING:
Do not try to remove the orifice
[79] from the orifice adapter [80] when cleaning.
Removal will damage the orifice and seal of the
orifice and can cause a propane gas leak. Leaking
propane gas can ignite or explode which can result
in dangerous personal injury or death. Do not clean
the orifice with a pin or other objects.
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Remove the Refrigerator
NOTE: Your dealer or an authorized Thetford Service Center
must do this procedure.
CAUTION:
The rear of the refrigerator has sharp
edges and corners. To prevent cuts or abrasions
when working on the refrigerator, be careful and
wear cut resistant gloves.
1. Close the valve at the propane gas tank(s).
WARNING:
To avoid possible propane gas leaks,
always use two wrenches to loosen and tighten the
gas supply line at the refrigerator’s manual shut off
valve.
2. Open the lower intake vent and remove the gas supply line
from the manual shut off valve of the refrigerator.
3. Remove the AC power cord from the power point.
4. Remove the DC wiring from the refrigerator:
- Remove the DC wiring from the battery or the converter of
the vehicle.
- Put a mark on the DC wires so you can put them back in the
correct location.
- Remove the DC wires from the refrigerator.
5. Remove the screws which fasten the refrigerator to the floor.
6. Remove the door from the refrigerator.
7. Remove the screws which fasten the refrigerator to the wall.
8. Remove the refrigerator from the opening.
9. Attach the door to the refrigerator.
- Clean the orifice assembly with air pressure and alcohol only.
- Using a wrench, assemble the orifice assembly to the burner.
- Assemble the flare nut to the orifice assembly.
- Tighten the flare nut by hand.
- Hold the orifice assembly securely and, using a wrench,
tighten the flare nut 1/4 revolution only.
- Examine all of the connections for gas leaks.
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