Well here I am yet again on my knees as usual!! This flipping fridge Electrolux 3 way RM4206 in this Pennine Older than we thought Fiesta will not ignite on the gas!!!! I have been told by several of you how to do it BUT!!!! there seems to be no spark at all. Just when I thought we had got everything just about sorted too, Has any of you any ideas please? we need it to run on gas as there is no mains on Shell Island where we go. Thank you for all the help you have given me in the past I hope you have the answer this time!!! PLEASE!!!!!!
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It takes patience!!!! First of all, make sure that the gas is coming through - I usually turn the cooker on for a few seconds. Then, just keep trying. I haven't read the advice already given to you but I can honestly say it has taken me about 15 minutes to get the gas lit on my fridge. I found that shining a torch onto the peephole helps. When you press the button do you hear a click? I take the shelves out so that I can get my head right in. This is presuming that its the same as my Countryman of course,
I think I may have said this before but you have to ensure all the electric buttons for the fridge (the mains and 12v) are both set to "off". It will not light if either is on.
Also remove all shelving from fridge and put head right inside to look for the flame. Shut the door around your head (!) to block out the light.
You also have to have the knob (on the right hand side) twisted around to the ignite setting and hold it in while you click the ignition button.
You should click the ignition button 3 or 4 times in quick succession to hopefully get sparks from it. Once you see a flame you need to hold the knob in on the right hand side for around 20-30 seconds to ensure it stays alight.
When I tried to use my fridge on gas I could not get it to work either after several tries so I posted a "help request" on the folding caravan club website. Tich asked me if I had switched the gas on??? Turns out I had a gas pipe with a tap for the fridge under one of my bedboxes which I didn't even know was for the fridge. I just assumed it was to do with the cooker rather than the fridge. Admittedly I gave up trying to get it to light on that occasion. I will try again another time. Could you have the same thing and had the same assumption?
Regards
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When I had this problem I tried everything without success then pulled the fridge out of the cabinet and found that the wire to the back of the igniter had vibrated off. If you're getting absolutely no spark at all, this could be a possible cause
Thank you yet again,
burneth, Yes we wrote down the instructions you gave last time and we did have the other knobs turned off.
and Homebird2003,and burneth I have not had my head right in LOL LOL it has got me like I feel like it though LOL LOL.we can try that next,in the dark and then with a torch.
We do have a separate gas tap for it and we put it in the same position as the cooker as one is above the other so we assume it is on!!. harpmaker if all the rest fail we will try pulling it out. And after that ??? PLEASE WATCH THIS SPACE. ANYONE IN NOTTINGHAM? LOL.LOL. Goodness only knows why I am laughing, this bl--dy older than we thought camper is driving me nuts,It better give us some good hols OR ELSE !!! God it might leak who knows??!!!!! I would add some more lol''s but I think its getting to be more like mad laughter now. TEE HEEE
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Hi,,, My fiesta is a1997 model and I had trouble with the fridge........................
It turns out the electric switch which is in the cupboard next to the fridge on the left hand side was not switched on.... I did get the gas to start... but due to an argument with my better half I turned it off never to start again...
The battery has never got it to spark, so I only run it on the electric now....I found the switches very confusing... I wish you the very best and I am sure you will have great holidays..
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Topic: Three way fridge problems.
Thank you yet again,
