Date:         Sat, 10 Jun 2000 18:58:36 -0700
Reply-To:     Bill Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
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From:         Bill Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Subject:      Re: Fridge question--
Comments: To: Puzerewski <Puzerewski@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
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40 degrees for around 8-10 hours, and then
> starts to warm up.  It does this on either gas or electric.  Before I
> installed it in the van, I tested the fan, and it worked, but never tested
> the thermoswitch.  I have never heard the fan come on, and it has been
> running 24 hours.  It is now 70 degrees in the fridge, and it reached 95
> degrees outside today.
>
> Any suggestions????

1. Fix the fan. It it's not coming on in 95 degree F weather something is
wrong. If the fan doesn't work your fridge won't cool in that weather.

Other cooling tips:
2. How are you measuring the inside temperature? Is there food in there? Are
you using an inside fan to move the air from the cooling fins to the food?
3. Is the van/fridge level? It works best at level and will cut out
somewhere over a 6 percent (as I remember) gradient.
4. If you want a fridge to cool properly in 95 degree weather park it in the
shade... or at minimum with the back of the fridge away from the sun
(north).... and open some windows... (95 outside can produce well over 100
inside a van parked in the sun).

Bill

>
>
> Adam Puzerewski
> 81 westy
>