ozetrade posted:

Thanks,

I thought I'd have a fiddle while I waited for replies - found the problem. I did clean the flue, it wasn't blocked, but had a lot of surface rust - would not have helped for heat exchange, but that wasn't the problem.

There's a tiny jet that feeds the burner/pilot flame - it was slightly blocked. I cleared it with a thin piece of electrical wire - had to use a magnifying glass to do it. Now she's working like a beauty again. Even though I was able to light the pilot light before, now there is a decent flame there to send heat up the fkue.

Thought it best to post my solution so others can have a chance at fixing their own fridges.

Greg

Member - Duncs posted:

That's the beauty of the old Chescold. It's wither simple or fatal not much in between.

Mine is in semi retirement sitting next to the bar-b-q keeping the drinks cold.

Duncs

joc45 posted:

Hi Greg, glad you got it going.
Thinking back, the fluff was in the air intake of the burner. The pilot flame worked, but somehow the fluff affected the performance of the burner. Blew out the fluff, and hey presto...
This was in a caravan Electrolux, and believe me, it was not easy getting to the burner. I also had trouble trying to find out why it would not work off mains power. After pulling the fridge out, I found the 240v cable just coiled up under the fridge, nowhere to connect it! Dohh!! (This was a well-known Victorian-make caravan, but an industrial version). Ended up having to run an extension cord to under the fridge to get it to work off mains. Their ventilation method was also contrary to the instruction manual, and I had to remove part of the top to let the air thru - was totally boxed in prior to that. Not sure how this caravan mob stayed in business.
Gerry