enahs
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Dometic expressly told me there's no regulator at the stove. But I was looking at what you are! That's a regulator!
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Tom_M
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According to the installation manual there is an internal regulator. A customer on Amazon stated that they used theirs over 10,000ft.
Link to manual:
https://epi.dometic.com/externalassets/d........ktop_9108917581_71289.pdf?ref=-180670051
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There could also be oil in the line to the stovetop blocking the flow.
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"Dometic says it is an altitude issue!" This is nonsense, at 5400' Dometic doesn't have a product. Call again, insist on talking to a manager.
Is there a rubber hose unique to the stove top? Does it work again at lower elevation? It's possible something is blocking the propane in the line due to a faulty installation.
FYI RV documentation is known to be incomplete, misleading, generic for something else and downright wrong.
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enahs
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The cook top is a D21 by Dometic. It is in a new RV. A list of parts shows no other regulator. Let's get technical here. I do not understand what would stop the gas flow to the cooktop but allow it to all other gas appliances. Can anyone explain this? Too, there does not seem to be a central orifice apart from what is in each burner. These are not obstructed. Unit is like new clean!
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wa8yxm
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There is indeed a second regulator under the cooktop.
But that said. I can not for the life of me think altitude would cause an issue with it. I've never heard of such a thing.. But I'm not a professional propane guy.
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Bob/Olallawa
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If in fact you have another regulator just for the cooktop, that is where I would be looking.
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enahs
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I've been RVing for decades and no altitude issue with any appliance. But here it is in the kid's new Escape 21 foot RV! And Dometic says it is an issue but offers no alternative or fix! No exchange, no nuttin. And more than a few others have the same issue.
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Rapid turn on of the valve can cause a shutdown which protects against say a break or crash. Turn all propane and valve off. Try to start the stove top to reduce the pressure. And/or wait several hours and the regulator will bleed off the pressure. You might have another regulator for the cook top, I do.
Slowly open the valve - very slow and see it the issue is resolved.
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I camp at altitudes far higher than 5,400 feet...such as Saddlebag Lake in the Sierra at over 10,000 feet...and have had no propane issues due to altitutde.
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