WillTheThri11
Senior Member
Hi all,
Been meaning to finally post here. Been a long time lurker and finally purchased a 90s FWC Ranger II (8' model).
I'm starting to wonder if i overpaid as it seems to be falling apart ever since i picked it up. I've been trying to do my research on this site since there is soooo much information, while some of it is overwhelming and some of it is "just what I'm looking for" I decided to finally post up with this question:
Is my fridge a boat anchor?
Unfortunately when i went through it with the previous owner, we couldn't get confirmation that the fridge was working. With AC plugged in there wasn't any "noise" which i figured there should be although now i'm not so sure. with propane plugged in, we couldn't get the burner to stay lit. It would light for a couple seconds and then there would be a poof of flame and it would be out or there would be a flame from the air inlets on the burner tube.
So, I got it home and plugged in to shore power and waited. The following day, i was cooled to ~60F, the day after ~50F and the day after that ~38F (checked with meat thermometer so probably not that accurate).
This morning i went out though and found that it is 80F!!!!
Any ideas how this can happen? Anything I can try or check that you guys can think of?
I've pulled the burner off and cleaned it out. There was some debris in the tube which i think kept the propane from getting to the burner outlet, so I'm expecting when I put that back in it will actually fire up, but somehow I suspect that won't actually lead to the fridge cooling down.
Had a great trip driving back from Boulder to Southern California using dry ice in the fridge, but I'm wondering it this is like buying a boat where the best day in a boat owners life is the day he buys and the day he sells the boat.
Any help is greatly appreciated...looking forward to being more involved in this forum overall, so much great information and great people on here. Thanks in advance!
Been meaning to finally post here. Been a long time lurker and finally purchased a 90s FWC Ranger II (8' model).
I'm starting to wonder if i overpaid as it seems to be falling apart ever since i picked it up. I've been trying to do my research on this site since there is soooo much information, while some of it is overwhelming and some of it is "just what I'm looking for" I decided to finally post up with this question:
Is my fridge a boat anchor?
Unfortunately when i went through it with the previous owner, we couldn't get confirmation that the fridge was working. With AC plugged in there wasn't any "noise" which i figured there should be although now i'm not so sure. with propane plugged in, we couldn't get the burner to stay lit. It would light for a couple seconds and then there would be a poof of flame and it would be out or there would be a flame from the air inlets on the burner tube.
So, I got it home and plugged in to shore power and waited. The following day, i was cooled to ~60F, the day after ~50F and the day after that ~38F (checked with meat thermometer so probably not that accurate).
This morning i went out though and found that it is 80F!!!!
Any ideas how this can happen? Anything I can try or check that you guys can think of?
I've pulled the burner off and cleaned it out. There was some debris in the tube which i think kept the propane from getting to the burner outlet, so I'm expecting when I put that back in it will actually fire up, but somehow I suspect that won't actually lead to the fridge cooling down.
Had a great trip driving back from Boulder to Southern California using dry ice in the fridge, but I'm wondering it this is like buying a boat where the best day in a boat owners life is the day he buys and the day he sells the boat.
Any help is greatly appreciated...looking forward to being more involved in this forum overall, so much great information and great people on here. Thanks in advance!