Trucker GT Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Can anybody advise me please on an annoying fault which is when I light a gas ring the low water alarm goes off on a swift kontiki and it a thetford ck13000 dual fuel cooker. Also is there a fuse for the cooker. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 34 minutes ago, Trucker GT said: ... the low water alarm goes off on a swift kontiki... It might be helpful to know the year in which your Kon-Tiki was built and which Kon-Tiki model it is. I'm not familiar with Thetford's Aspire range of cookers, but I assume its gas-burners are lit using 12V power (rather than via a piezo press-button igniter). If that's so, it sounds like electrical interference occurs when the burner is lit and this is affecting the main habitation 12V system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanb Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Like Derek, I am thinking interference from the spark ignitor. Does the alarm sound when the gas is lit other than by the integrated ignitor, i.e. with a match or other device? If the answer is no, then it would tend to confirm Derek's suggestion. A possible cure would be to slip a small ferrite core over the ignitor supply cable. These are the plastic encased bumps that are somtimes seen on the supply and USB cables for electronic equipment. I have one with a bore of 5.5mm, recently removed from a length of scrap cable. As regards a fuse for the cooker, there will be one, but it may shared with other items. A careful scrutiny of appropriate the Swift handbook should reveal this. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trucker GT Posted May 4, 2023 Author Share Posted May 4, 2023 Thanks Derek It's a 2011 kontiki 679 and it does ignite via 12v system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trucker GT Posted May 4, 2023 Author Share Posted May 4, 2023 Thanks Alan It only sets alarm off when ignition button is pressed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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