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Propane fridge experts advise needed #6919343
07/03/20 08:56 PM
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My camper has a propane refrigerator which will not work all of a sudden. It worked great until it ran out of gas then when I put a new tank on, it will start up but will not cool. The light goes out after a few hours now too.
Any ideas?

Re: Propane fridge experts advise needed [Re: Mark K] #6919369
07/03/20 09:15 PM
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Any smells in the camper?


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Re: Propane fridge experts advise needed [Re: Mark K] #6919432
07/03/20 10:08 PM
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Clean the pilot light ingnition burner tip

Re: Propane fridge experts advise needed [Re: Mark K] #6919436
07/03/20 10:10 PM
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Used too much when it was new.
I have one of those too. I imagine they lose the coolant over time. Mine still works with electric and there's always coolers and ice.


Life ain't supposed to be easy.
Re: Propane fridge experts advise needed [Re: Mark K] #6919468
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We were camped once and there was a earthquake and the fridge went out. they are built that way to shut off.

Was there any "Rocking don't Bother Knocking" going on in that camper ?

Re: Propane fridge experts advise needed [Re: Mark K] #6919470
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Did you run your stove first to get all the air bled out of your gas lines ?

Re: Propane fridge experts advise needed [Re: dkrug] #6919471
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Originally Posted by dkrug
Did you run your stove first to get all the air bled out of your gas lines ?


Never thought of that, it is absolutely good advice!


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Re: Propane fridge experts advise needed [Re: Mark K] #6919476
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Google Irv2 propane fridge troubleshooting
There are years of advice on that site

Re: Propane fridge experts advise needed [Re: Yukon John] #6920219
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Originally Posted by Yukon John
Originally Posted by dkrug
Did you run your stove first to get all the air bled out of your gas lines ?


Never thought of that, it is absolutely good advice!



I will now.

Re: Propane fridge experts advise needed [Re: Mark K] #6920273
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Re: Propane fridge experts advise needed [Re: Mark K] #6920369
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Like Dkrug said, there are tens of thousands of xperts at www.irv2.com
That’s if Billtraps link don’t do it.


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Buy a soldiers meal EVERY chance you can.

Re: Propane fridge experts advise needed [Re: Mark K] #6920439
07/05/20 12:42 AM
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Make sure that your carbon monoxide detector is working. When our fridge quit I think ours saved us.


Looks like he needs another year;-)
Re: Propane fridge experts advise needed [Re: Mark K] #6920984
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Any luck getting the fridge going?

Re: Propane fridge experts advise needed [Re: dkrug] #6921977
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Originally Posted by dkrug
Any luck getting the fridge going?



Yep. Now that I ran the stove, it started working.

Thanks for the help.

Re: Propane fridge experts advise needed [Re: Mark K] #6922039
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Hmmm....Imma have to try that. Water heater takes awhile to clear out the air too.


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Re: Propane fridge experts advise needed [Re: Mark K] #6922486
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Two weeks ago, we came home from camping. I unhooked and plugged in. Six days later I needed the ketsup out of the frig. The frig had quit in that period of time. Chicken and hamburger in the freezer along with bacon and lunch meat in the frig. You can only image the smell, had temps in the nineties. Barely kept my stomach while I cleaned out. Tore it out and have a new one in. Wouldn't work on gas or electric.

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