Date:         Thu, 31 May 2001 18:07:38 -0400
Reply-To:     Miguel Calvin <mcalvin@MAC.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Miguel Calvin <mcalvin@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Driving with the Gas On?
Comments: To: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>
In-Reply-To:  <3B16613C.AE4CE096@home.com>
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on 5/31/01 11:20 AM, Stuart MacMillan at macmillan@HOME.COM wrote:

> There is no reason you can't drive with the fridge on propane.  The only
> hazard is that if you park the van on a hill for any length of time you
> run the risk of ruining the fridge, it must be within a few degrees of
> level or the liquids inside can't trickle down to the reservoir that is
> heated by the flame, and you "cook" the system.


I think it is important to know that "cooking the system" when it is not
level is a hazard regardless of whether you are using propane or 120v or
12v.


  See
> http://www.rvmobile.com/TECH/TROUBLE/COOLDOC.HTM for a discussion of
> this.
>
> The 12v operation lets you conserve propane (but it may be cheaper to
> burn gasoline to run the alternator than to use propane, the list's
> electronics experts can tell us this), and some folks have trouble
> keeping the flame lit while driving, but I've never had this problem.
>
> --
> Stuart MacMillan
> Seattle
>
> '84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1
> '65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969)
> '74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly)
>
> Personal mechanic for:
> '70 MGB GT (Daughter's)
>
> Assisting on Restoration (and spending OPM):
> '72 MGB GT (Was daughter's, now son's)
> '64 MGB (Son's)
>
> Stripped and gone but their parts live on:
> '68 MGB, '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT

--
Miguel