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Failure of the door gasket to contact the front of the cabinet can be determined
visually when the door is closed. Run a piece of thin cardboard along tne door
seal, inserted between the seal and the cabinet front, Nowhere should the card-
board feel loose.

2. Improper door sealing on cabinets can be corrected by slackening the upper and
lower hinge fixing screws and moving the door inwards or outwards as required
until a satisfactory seal is obtained.

If a good seal cannot be obtained, a new gasket should be installed.

3. It is also essential to check that the cabinet opening through which the freez-
ing compartment enters the cabinet should be properly sealed by sealing
compound, If this seal leaks, warm air enters the cabinet causing high cabinet
temperatures and frost formation on the freezing compartment.

ODORS INSIDE THE REFRIGERATOR

Odors inside the refrigerator are caused by improper food storage.

They may also be caused by too infrequent cleaning of the food compartment or the
refrigerator has been shut off for some time with the door closed.

ODORS FROM FUMES

1. Odors outside the refrigerator may be caused by gas leaks. sure that all
gas appliances are closed, Test gas connections and all joints in the gas line
with soap and water solution, up to and including gas cock. Never look for a
leak with an open flame. Use a flashlight when necessary in looking for soap
bubbles caused by leaks. The gas line should be free of kinks and sharp ends.
Turn on gas cock, light burner and test connections between the gas cock and
the burner carefully with soap and water.

2. Odors outside the refrigerator may be caused by improper burner flame.

The flame touches side of the boiler due to dislocation of the burner. Relocate.
Burner dislocation may also cause smoke and of walls and ceiling.

4. Burner damaged. Replace.

The flame touches flue baffle. Correct position of baffle.

The flue tube is dirty, Clean the flue,
FLAME BLOWS OUT

If trouble is encountered with the flame blowing out under specially windy con-
ditions, try to place the vehicle so that the wind does not blow directly into the
vent outlets. If the trouble persists, set the thermostat on This latter
measure can of course only be temporary such as when the vehicle is on tow, for
after several hours at this setting the foodstuffs in the cabinet may become too
cold,

THE FLINT LIGHTER

If after some time of use the sparks from the lighter weaken, the flint will
probably have to be replaced.