Date:         Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:10:01 -0700
Reply-To:     Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM>
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From:         Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dometic Piezo Electric
Comments: To: Paul Connelly <vanagonhummingbird@GMAIL.COM>
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Paul,

I just R&Rd my dometic, and noticed that the piezo part's screws were
loose and it had slipped back a bit -- end result was that you really
had to push the button on the front panel in far to get it to spark at
all.  I tightened the screws and bent the metal bracket forward a tiny
bit, which helped.

Wondering if a loose/bent bracket could be causing a weak spark for
you?  do you get a strong spark if you push the sparker button
directly instead of using the front panel control?

On Jul 14, 2008, at 7:53 AM, Paul Connelly wrote:

> Now wait a minute...
>
> I see Go Westy has the Piezo Electric "Switch" (push button part) - I
> thought that the part that would need replaced would be the "Igniter
> wire"
> that actually goes into the "combustion chamber", but thinking about
> it, I
> suppose that is just a wire and piece of metal to allow the charge
> to create
> a spark. So I am just getting a weak charge from the "switch" part -
> does
> that make sense?
>
> TIA
>
> Cheers, Paul.
> 1986 Syncro Westy - Hummingbird
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Last time I had to get one I found out that you can't get it from
>> "normal"
>> Dometic suppliers. On the other paw it can be had from our
>> traditional
>> vendors. I think I got it from GoWesty.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>
>> On Jul 13, 2008, at 6:56 PM, Paul Connelly <vanagonhummingbird@GMAIL.COM
>> >
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I'm sure this has been done before somewhere sometime, but I
>>> couldn't find
>>> it in the archives. The old dometic has been getting more finicky
>>> to light
>>> lately on propane, so stripped it out today and did a clean up/
>>> out, and I
>>> am
>>> getting a really weak spark from the piezo electric for the pilot
>>> light.
>>> It
>>> has to be only a mm or so from the gas feed and even then the
>>> first spark
>>> has a little meat to it after that its weak or nothing at all.
>>>
>>> Question is - is that a "standard part" that I get get somewhere,
>>> or is it
>>> dometic specific, and anyone know of a supplier???
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Cheers, Paul.
>>> 1986 Syncro Westy - Hummingbird
>>>
>>