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First off I must stress that this is purely my way of sorting this problem and in no way endorse my actions as something others should follow..... These are just video`s of how I did it and if you undertake to follow the same process ,BE SAFE,BE SURE and if in any doubt DO NOT DO IT...

Had to get the fridge out again today and having took every thing else apart the only thing left was the jet and burner assembly ....
The symptom was originally fridge alight but failing to chill...
And after first strip down it failed to light at all...

Strip down....



Reassembly ....



The jet was well and truly blocked and you can now see the flame change between the 3 settings

Well done that is a great video. That should be on the Wiki.



My spare fridge, which had stopped working on gas will now get a service.

Many thanks

Des

As said above...
As this is not recomemded I would not recomend it, but this is how I cleaned out my blocked jet........
I threaded a single thread of speaker wire about a half a metre long through the aperature of the jet (Which was smaller than not bigger than the aperature) then spun it round twice with the jet in the middle.
Cleaned it out a treat.
I would imagine that unless a Jet was kept in a sealed bag that it would probably be partially blocked too.
Rob.....

good stuff
would of been a good guide when I did my fridge last year

irishkeet

Hi Toolsntat, I too recently cleaned my jet (Pin hole of light) and burner chamber after my fridge failed to ignite, afterwards the fridge ignition and burner work fine exhaust gass exits up and out of the pipe (which gets very hot) unfortunately the fridge now fails to cool on gas!? Works fine on AC and 12DC! Can you offer any thoughts /advice from your own experience? Your views would be very welcome as I do not understand why it is heating the chiller gas but not chilling the inside of the fridge.

Radman

Cheers for the positive comments folks

Alas Radman I cannot really be sure what your solution is

What springs to mind is that maybe when you cleaned out the jet the pinhole has become enlarged and now the flame/heat is too great for efficient heat transfer......

Then again as I said "The symptom was originally fridge alight but failing to chill..." which could mean you are now experiencing my initial problem ...Not getting enough gas

Did you physically take the jet out?

Could there be more dirt in the jet?

Something I did not mention in the post was the supply pipe from control valve to jet.. this can be easily removed, upended and blown through to ensure its clear

A few pics of control valve....


If all is well with the burner end there may be more opportunities for restrictions to the flow in the control valve

Many thanks for vids and pictorials Andy

Both this and the thermocuple therad are can now be found in the Wiki here:

https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/Ca ... aintenance