Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 12:33:36 -0700
Reply-To: Bill Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
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From: Bill Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Subject: Re: Fridge question--
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> 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???
If you wired it like stock, then the fridge fan should run whether the relay
is open or closed or even not working. In the stock set up (at least for my
90), only the fridge heater coil will not work when the engine is off (relay
open circuit position); the rest of the stuff works: LED lights, water pump,
fridge fan. But if you wired both of the wires to the relay coltrolled post
(there is, I believe, one post on the relay that does not shut off with the
engine), the nothing would work with the engine off. (except the cabin light
which is not wired through the auxiliary battery box at all).
The other possibility is that one of your fuses behind the driver's seat is
blown... but then the LED lights and pump would not work either.
Other than it just isn't getting hot enough in the van, the only other thing
I can think of is that the thermoswitch is bad ooooorrrrr the fan blew after
you reinstalled it?
>
> 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.
Does it get colder when you run it on 110 V?
Bill
>
>
> 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
> > >
> >
>
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