Date:         Tue, 3 Jul 2001 08:51:12 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: [vanagon] HELP - Need Fridge help ASAP
Comments: To: tech@busdepot.com, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>

Ron & David,

If the 12V fuse were blown, the sink and overhead camper lights would not
work either, so that's pretty easy to check.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
To: <tech@busdepot.com>
Cc: <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>; <vanagon@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 6:39 AM
Subject: Re: [vanagon] HELP - Need Fridge help ASAP


> At 09:48 AM 7/3/2001, Ron Salmon wrote:
> >It DOES get cold on 110v power, but not on propane or, it appears, 12v.
> >Nothing obviously appears to be wrong when taking it out and inspecting
it..
>
> If it works on 110v then 1) the refrigerator itself works and 2) you could
> get an inverter to power it from 12v -- it only takes 85 watts.  If you're
> going from plug-in to plug-in this would keep you going while on the road.
>
> The 12v problem is either bad fuse, bad wiring, bad switch, or bad heating
> element.
>
> The propane problem is bad flame -- dirty flue, dirty orifice, junk in the
> burner chamber, gas pressure too low (should be 11" water column).
>
>
> >Does anyone have any ideas what it could be? If we can't get it figured
out
> >in the next few hours, we'll have to do without the fridge for our
camping
> >trip.
>
> Was me, I'd get an inverter for fallback and then spend whatever spare
time
> I had chasing the other stuff.
>
> david
>
>
> David Beierl - Providence, RI
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