Hello everybody - new member of the forum here, non native English speaker (so I might have some trouble explaining myself, apologize). Have enjoyed previous threads, and hope to get some expertise on a problem with our old fridge (that we run on gas normally).
So, we are travelling through Greece, and our quite old Dometic RF60 fridge have been working fine until now, when the flame simply won't stay on. To turn the fridge on using gas, I have to turn a knob to the "gas setting" and then another knob on the right, that controls the temperature on all settings, and the flow of gas on the gas setting. When this rightside knob is pushed in a valve is opened to let more gas through, so I can ignite the pilot flame with the battery driven ignitor, and all this works fine.
But as soon as I stop pressing the rightside button/knob in and close the valve for extra gas, the flame goes out. I have tried mulitple techniques in terms of holding the button in for extended periods of time, but doesn't work.
I have tried changing our gas bottle to make sure, it's not a pressure problem, and I have also made sure, there's no problems in terms of air inflow.
Then comes the cleaning of the burner on the backside of the fridge, which is my biggest problem yet. After watching several helpful videos and reading threads, a lot of them point to debris or dirt in the burner itself might be an obstruction for the flame to stay on. Makes sense.
See the photo here:
The burner assembly on the backside of the Dometic RF60, where the yellow arrow is pointing on the photo can normally be dislodged from the vertical pipe, it's attached to. This is normally doable by loosening a screw, and then the burner assembly itself should be able to pop right out by pushing it down.
But this is just not possible in my case. It's stuck as in not movable. I've tried whatever I know - WD40, light banging, light wiggling using tools and so on... it's just stuck, so I can't get in to the burner itself and see the status regarding the debris.
Has anyone run into a similar problem and possibly know a solution?
I have tried blowing compressed air through the holes in the burner to free the debris, and a small amount has come out, but it can only escape through a small hole, when the burner assembly is still attached, so I don't think this is going to help a lot....
I'm also wondering if anyone have any insight into, if there might be other causes for the problem? I have a small suspicion, whether there might be trouple with the "contact" that has to tell the fridge and gas supply, that the fridge setting is actually on gas.. if you know what I mean.
I'm suspecting this because the flame goes out instantly, when I stop pressing the gas knob down. It is as it's not even trying. Is there any chance the contact might be at fault, and the fridge doesn't regognize, that it is on the gas setting, and therefore doesn't open the valve to let the flame stay on, after I've released the button that opens the valve for the pilot flame?
Once again, I hope this made some sort of sense, and I would really like to include some pictures for you all.
Let me know, if I can provide any other details!
I wish you all a great day
Freddie
So, we are travelling through Greece, and our quite old Dometic RF60 fridge have been working fine until now, when the flame simply won't stay on. To turn the fridge on using gas, I have to turn a knob to the "gas setting" and then another knob on the right, that controls the temperature on all settings, and the flow of gas on the gas setting. When this rightside knob is pushed in a valve is opened to let more gas through, so I can ignite the pilot flame with the battery driven ignitor, and all this works fine.
But as soon as I stop pressing the rightside button/knob in and close the valve for extra gas, the flame goes out. I have tried mulitple techniques in terms of holding the button in for extended periods of time, but doesn't work.
I have tried changing our gas bottle to make sure, it's not a pressure problem, and I have also made sure, there's no problems in terms of air inflow.
Then comes the cleaning of the burner on the backside of the fridge, which is my biggest problem yet. After watching several helpful videos and reading threads, a lot of them point to debris or dirt in the burner itself might be an obstruction for the flame to stay on. Makes sense.
See the photo here:
The burner assembly on the backside of the Dometic RF60, where the yellow arrow is pointing on the photo can normally be dislodged from the vertical pipe, it's attached to. This is normally doable by loosening a screw, and then the burner assembly itself should be able to pop right out by pushing it down.
But this is just not possible in my case. It's stuck as in not movable. I've tried whatever I know - WD40, light banging, light wiggling using tools and so on... it's just stuck, so I can't get in to the burner itself and see the status regarding the debris.
Has anyone run into a similar problem and possibly know a solution?
I have tried blowing compressed air through the holes in the burner to free the debris, and a small amount has come out, but it can only escape through a small hole, when the burner assembly is still attached, so I don't think this is going to help a lot....
I'm also wondering if anyone have any insight into, if there might be other causes for the problem? I have a small suspicion, whether there might be trouple with the "contact" that has to tell the fridge and gas supply, that the fridge setting is actually on gas.. if you know what I mean.
I'm suspecting this because the flame goes out instantly, when I stop pressing the gas knob down. It is as it's not even trying. Is there any chance the contact might be at fault, and the fridge doesn't regognize, that it is on the gas setting, and therefore doesn't open the valve to let the flame stay on, after I've released the button that opens the valve for the pilot flame?
Once again, I hope this made some sort of sense, and I would really like to include some pictures for you all.
Let me know, if I can provide any other details!
I wish you all a great day
Freddie
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