Date:         Sun, 11 Jun 2000 08:52:32 -0400
Reply-To:     Puzerewski <Puzerewski@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Puzerewski <Puzerewski@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Organization: Microsoft Corporation
Subject:      Re: Fridge question--
Comments: To: Bill Davidson <wdavidson@thegrid.net>

Bill,
    Thanks for the reply.  I am installing a perfect interior from another
westy into mine, and thus is why i am testing out all this stuff as i
install.

I took off the fan leads prior to installation and tested them to a 12v
battery, and the fan worked like a champ.  Could it be something to do with
power from the fridge relay???

I have a fridge thermometer in the fridge--thus the temps

the van is in the driveway, which is pretty level


I had all the windows, etc open, for i was working in there.


Adam Puzerewski
81 westy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Davidson" <wdavidson@thegrid.net>
To: "Puzerewski" <Puzerewski@EMAIL.MSN.COM>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: Fridge question--


> 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
> >
>