Date:         Mon, 8 May 2000 08:49:33 -0700
Reply-To:     BRENT CHRISTENSEN <bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         BRENT CHRISTENSEN <bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fridge Blues
Comments: To: "Kris B." <krisbee2000@YAHOO.COM>
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Kris:

You don't mention if it works on AC or 12v.  I assume that you are talking
about difficulties with propane operation?

The fridge is really fairly simple in its operation, and getting it to work
on propane shouldn't be difficult if everything is operational.

Last year, my fridge suddenly went from making ice in an hour to not being
able to chill down more than 15-20 degrees below ambient temp.  I pulled it
out, pulled apart the combustion chamber, and found that a little
caterpillar had decided to make his home in there.  When the fridge lit for
the first time after that, he was charred to a crisp, but the husk was just
enough to prevent efficient combustion, thereby not creating enough heat
from the burner.

I cleaned it out, reassembled and voila!  good as new, and back to making
ice in an hour or two.  :-)

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Kris B.
> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 5:48 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Fridge Blues
>
>
> My dometic frige in the westy doesn't cool at all.  I
> removed the little devil, inverted it for 2 days,
> reverted it normal position, plugged it in... nothing.
>  The heating element is heating in the back.  I still
> have the unit out, so I flip it over again, sideways,
> back ways, front ways, liquid is sloshing all around
> in the pipes.
>
> I leave it for days upside down, and then right side
> up in a warm place.  It just doesn't cool.
>
> Any ideas?  I hear liquid moving... the ammonia is
> there.  The heating element is heating (I even put
> more heat on the back just to see what would happen).
> Its' frustrating having a fridge that doesn't cool.
>
> There are no tell tale signs of leaks with the
> yellowish tint anywhere.
>
> Please, whatever help would be appreciated.
>
> --Kris
>
>
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