mtn-high
Campground Host- FUNKYTOWN
Has your propane flame gone out alot, kodachrome?
I use propane while driving/most of the time after forgetting the 12V system was on a few times while stopping.
I had intended to join the crowd and install a relighter but I found a work around that has worked well without doing much at all/without any expense.
When I winterized the Hawk last Winter I decided to cover the vents with "something" to try to keep the mag chloride out of the mechanics of the fridge. (I leave my camper on full-time)
Being it was election season...there were a plethora of "signs" around. Some of these are paper...some are "coroplast". I found one that was coroplast (that was for the opposing team, LOL...just kidding) and cut a rectangle the size of the louvered door......and taped it in with alum foil tape. I left the top vent open because the road grime rarely travels that high.
The result.....no crud in the fridge compartment....and a fridge that stays lit at 80mph.....pretty much all the time.
Ibn summer I broke the tape loose...but left the coroplast in the compartment....leaning up against the mechanics. The flame rarely goes out..... (except at gas stations where I turn it off myself)
now i see no reason for a relighter.
FWIW....I'm rarely below 7200 ft (my house elevation) and have ahd no problems lighting the fridge since the inintial startup when new. I think the mention in the book of elevation is a CYA on their part.
not sure about the thermostat being uselss on 12V. I run mine full blast most of the time anyway...LOL
I bet yer getting stoked about the journey. We need to have that coffee soon, huh?
be well
mtn
I use propane while driving/most of the time after forgetting the 12V system was on a few times while stopping.
I had intended to join the crowd and install a relighter but I found a work around that has worked well without doing much at all/without any expense.
When I winterized the Hawk last Winter I decided to cover the vents with "something" to try to keep the mag chloride out of the mechanics of the fridge. (I leave my camper on full-time)
Being it was election season...there were a plethora of "signs" around. Some of these are paper...some are "coroplast". I found one that was coroplast (that was for the opposing team, LOL...just kidding) and cut a rectangle the size of the louvered door......and taped it in with alum foil tape. I left the top vent open because the road grime rarely travels that high.
The result.....no crud in the fridge compartment....and a fridge that stays lit at 80mph.....pretty much all the time.
Ibn summer I broke the tape loose...but left the coroplast in the compartment....leaning up against the mechanics. The flame rarely goes out..... (except at gas stations where I turn it off myself)
now i see no reason for a relighter.
FWIW....I'm rarely below 7200 ft (my house elevation) and have ahd no problems lighting the fridge since the inintial startup when new. I think the mention in the book of elevation is a CYA on their part.
not sure about the thermostat being uselss on 12V. I run mine full blast most of the time anyway...LOL
I bet yer getting stoked about the journey. We need to have that coffee soon, huh?
be well
mtn