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Need some desperate advice... please...

Last year i bought a S/H electrolux portable 3 way fridge and everything was working fine. This year, it only seems to work of the electric mains. I used it at the Bagwell meet on gas, flame established but not getting cold. Any ideas anyone??

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Was the fridge level?  I have found with mine that the direction and amount of tilt is critical.  It can be tilted one way by quite a lot and still work fine, a few degrees out the other way and it doesn't chill at all.  It is all down to the fall of the pipes at rear of the fridge.  Tilting one way just increases the fall, the other way eliminates the fall entirely.

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Steven

If it works with the mains/12v, you shouldn't need to take it out and turn it upside down as this shows that the ammonia solution is still mixed and working ok.

Could be down to the level with the gas jet in a slightly different place to the electric heaters, could be gas jets slightly blocked though, not giving a full hot flame.

Lots of good fridge tips there.

Have you checked it on gas in the same location as it works ok on mains?  I got the impression from your first post that you may have tested ok at home on mains, and then found on site at Bagwell, that it didn't work on gas.  That would not necessarily mean that the gas side was faulty.  It could have been a level thing with the site.  In which case, had you tried it, it would not have worked on mains either.

I would test it on gas in a location where you are sure it works on mains before getting into dismantling anything.  It can take quite a while to cool.  You should also feel warm air rising from the upper vents.

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Steven

Thanks for all the good advice... will keep you posted...

Roll on the Weekends!