Norcold refrigerator burner will not stay lit. Ignitor lights the gas, but as soon as it the ignitor stops, the flame goes out. Thanks.

Dirty pilot flame too short or faulty thermmocouple . There is a manuel on line .

I take it this is a refrigerator that operates on elec as well as gas, and if so then check the thermocoupling on the unit. If it runs on elec then that is about all that can go wrong.

There is an ignitor and a flame sensor. If the ignitor does not ignite the gas after a time, it goes out. If the flame sensor does not detect ignition the gas valve closes. When you start it you should see the ignitor come on like a light bulb and glow, then the gas valve opens and you get ignition. Then the flame detector turns on when the ignitor goes out. Flame detectors are like a chrome wire that has one connection to it and it sits part of the way in a burner. They get dirty and corroded. When that happens it shuts down. You can clean the flame detector with steel wool of scotch brite pads. Dont get too carried away doing that though.

Hi, if the burner lights in the 'gas' mode, the control board is OK. You most likely have a leak in the sealed refrigerant system, and you need to have the leak located and repaired. This is a job for a RV refrigeration technician. If you need to find the nearest Norcold authorized service dealer, go to www.thetford.com, and use their dealer locator menu.

try blowing through the gas orifice with compressed air only.

sand your thermal cupler off or replace it not centing the flam

I have the same model refrigerator in my 1999 Eurovan. Before you leave for your trip, if you haven't used the refrigerator for some time make sure it will light before you leave and run it for awhile. This will help insure it will light when you are camping. A good trick I learned is to light one of the burners on the stove for a minute before you switch the refrigerator to propane. That seems to help. Also, don't release the ignitor button on the refrigerator until 15 to 20 seconds and then do so VERY VERY SLOWLY . One other trick is set the cooling dial in a different position than the "Start" position. If that doesn't work then turn it back to the Start position. Sometimes it takes several times to get the refrigerator to light but once it is it will stay on.

Check if you are getting voltage to the heating element should be 120 volts