Date:         Fri, 12 May 2000 20:20:38 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: driving and fridge
Comments: To: BRENT CHRISTENSEN <bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM>
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At 17:35 5/12/2000, BRENT CHRISTENSEN wrote:
>I've done it on a LONG camping trip (about 15 days of driving and
>camping).  Just MAKE SURE to turn it off before you start pumping gasoline
>(or diesel) into the car!!!!

This is on the face of it absolutely sound advice -- I'll just point out
that 1) gasoline vapor is heavier than air, 2) The fridge draws its air
from a point about three feet off the ground, on the other side of the
vehicle, 3) there is no instruction in the manual to shut off the fridge
while fueling.

I'm a whole lot more concerned about the guy with a cigarette, fifty feet
away down a slight slope.

david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"