Date:         Wed, 27 Mar 2002 13:54:37 -0800
Reply-To:     Brent Christensen <sbsyncro@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Brent Christensen <sbsyncro@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: running fridge on propane while driving
Comments: To: craigoda@COMMUNITYBUILDERS.INFO
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I have always done this while on long road trips.  Primarily because my
wiring is goofy (I need to fix it) and the aux battery gets drained if I run
it off 12v.   I shut it off during refueling and then restart it after
pulling away from the pumps.

In 1000's of miles of driving like this, I have never had the fridge blow
out, or anything else unusual happen.  Maybe I am just lucky...

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA


>what's the danger of running the propane fridge on a Westy while
>driving?  On the Westfalia.org site, there is a lot of talk about the
>dangers of this, but I can't find warnings about running the
>refridgerator in the VW documentation, so I'm wondering if the risk is
>actually fairly minimal under normal conditions.
>






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