Fridge ignition

[KINGPRAWN]

Hi all, we were camping , fridge was working fine. Woke in the night to the sound of the fridge clicking . In the morning realised the gas had run out! Now no red light.. No clicker .. No worky (with gas) what to check first... Is there a fuse somewhere (westfalia std eqpt)

[Oldiebut goodie]

Do a search - there was a post recently about this very scenario. I think the outcome was that the igniter had burnt itself out.

[KINGPRAWN]

Do a search - there was a post recently about this very scenario. I think the outcome was that the igniter had burnt itself out.

Thank you

[KINGPRAWN]

Well just fiddling around and I got a few pops of ignition much bigger than ever before and in doing this hit a eureka moment... Kitchen roll tube make for a perfect light shield so you can easily see if its lit or not without having to stuff my head into the fridge laying on the floor
It's working now but the red light still DOSENT light??

[KINGPRAWN]

The fairies must of need somewhere to kip during the night and had a tinker.... Today all is well again

[MattBW]

Maybe it just got hot and something expanded, now its cooled down it is fine.

[KINGPRAWN]

Happy to go along with that!!!

[MattBW]

Just had a thought, V's fridge was odd in that the ignitor would not always work. After some experimenting it seems on hers (Autohomes) depending on how the Zig panel is switched for 12v. It fooled us once or twice but once I realised it was a bit oddly setup we've had no issues.

[California Dreamin]

Clean the fuse in the fuse holder (lower of the two values) N/S B pillar (next to the seat belt reel) retention the holding spring clips.
Lubricate the mechanical 'selector' mechanism (push button block) as it often sticks when dried out.

Martin

[elfgirl]

.Kitchen roll tube make for a perfect light shield so you can easily see if its lit or not without having to stuff my head into the fridge laying on the floor

Fantastic idea - got to try that. Thanks