Date:         Tue, 8 Aug 2000 15:52:34 -1000
Reply-To:     Mick Kalber <hotlava@interpac.net>
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From:         Mick Kalber <hotlava@interpac.net>
Subject:      Re: 89 syncro westy backup 12 volt
Comments: To: Alain Pierre Hovasse <aphovasse@home.com>
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Gee, the legality never crossed my mind.  I don't know.

Mick Kalber
Tropical Visions Video, Inc.
62 Halaulani Place    Hilo, Hawaii  96720
ph. 808-935-5557    fax 808-935-0066
hotlava@interpac.net
www.volcanoscapes.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Alain Pierre Hovasse
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 12:51 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: 89 syncro westy backup 12 volt


Interesting this notion of running the fridge on propane while driving. My
other wagon in the UK would just snuff out each time, but I haven't tried it
on my current canadian 86 westy here in Toronto. Further, is it legal?

Alain Pierre
86 Westy
Toronto, ON


on 8/8/00 3:54 PM, George Jannini at georgejoann@juno.com wrote:

> Mick, you said,
>
> <<...12v seems kind of useless anyway if it doesn't work when you're not
> running and shuts down when you stop and for twenty minutes after you
> start up again.  What's the point?...>>
>
>
> No, the 12 volt heater doesn't shut down for 20 minutes after startup.
> If selected, it's on as soon as the engine starts up...it's just really
> ineffectual, unless you make runs like I do...eight or more hours at a
> time, stopping only for gas and to make and consume a quick sandwich...in
> February.  Then it works ok...maybe sorta.  The rest of the year I use
> propane when driving and 110 volts if available while camping.   Perhaps
> the Dometic engineers thought a three-way fridge would be a good thing.
> I don't.
>
> BTW,  when you run the fridge using 12 volt power, the heater runs
> independently of the thermostat.  That is, it is always on, no matter
> what the thermostat setting is.
>
> George
> '89 Westy, Wernher
>
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