Date:         Tue, 4 Sep 2001 13:22:31 -0400
Reply-To:     doug.alcock@HEWITT.COM
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From:         Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@HEWITT.COM>
Subject:      Re: 84 Westfalia Refrigerator noise...?
Comments: To: Michael Sheridan <msheridan@IGC.ORG>
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>My refrigerator is making a loud electric buzz, almost sounds like a
>grinding.  The sound comes from the upper back of the unit.  The noise only
>occurs when it is hot outside.  So, thankfully, it is quiet at night.   It
>does not matter whether the fridge is running off propane, battery or electric.
>
>Has any one else come across this problem ... and a solution?
>
>Thanks, Michael

It's actually supposed to do that --- what you're hearing is a cooling fan that
is triggered by a thermocouple when it gets too hot at the back of the fridge.
The first time mine went on it scared the ^%$& out of me. It is both loud and
rather ineffective. Other listees have augmented this fan (or replaced it
altogether) with quieter and more efficient units --- something I plan to do the
*next* time I have to pull the fridge out. That particular fan was not VW's
finest engineering hour.........

Cheers,

Doug Alcock
'84 Westy "BlueBelle"
Toronto, Canada