Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 09:52:44 -0500
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: I am scared of my Dometic 182B on LP mode
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I look carefully and I put a blanket over my head and the fridge and!!!!
Hurrah I had a small little flame.
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Put your blanket away, the center cardboard roll from paper towels works
very well in sighting this dim flicker. Just look through the tube, no
need to bend over so far.
Stan Wilder
On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 10:29:31 -0400 Ben huot <huotx@VIDEOTRON.CA> writes:
> Hey VW maniaco grandio friendo,
>
> The pass weekend (At Busfusion in Ontario) everybody were running
> their
> fridge on propane mode, for the first time I said to my self, why
> not me!!!
> (I never tried last year!! I am so damn scared of having propane
> running in
> my van when I away from the van or sleeping and the sucker is so
> small that
> anyway I need a cooler)
>
> So everybody came to my help and try starting my fridge with, of
> course, no
> success. So yesterday after reading the very well written info on
> that
> subject on www.vanagon.com / info / refrigerator info, I started the
> fridge
> (I was ready to pull the sucker out) on 110V for an hour or two and
> what do
> you know, the bastard did start right away. First I flip the switch
> to
> "Gas" position, open the gas valve on the right, pump 3 time, and on
> the
> fourth time I hold the gas injection button wile I press the pump
> until the
> end to use the Piezo igniters.
> Well at first it looks like nothing happen but after a few seconds
> the
> fridge indicator light came slowly ON but I could see nothing in the
> small
> windows down bellow, so I look carefully and I put a blanket over my
> head
> and the fridge and!!!! Hurrah I had a small little flame. It staid
> cold for
> a few hours and I shut it down. It did start back this morning
> easily
> without the fridge being primed in 110V.
>
> I think that you need to "play with" and understand the fuel
> (Propane) and
> air mixture relation at start up. So what I did is remove my vanagon
> engine
> fuel injection system from the back of my van and installed this one
> behind
> the fridge, yes I know, it was a tight fit... (he he he, lol)
>
> Ok, lets be serious, what is the danger or the worse thing that can
> happen
> with a 15 years old propane-operating fridge. I am somewhat scared
> of
> sleeping in the van or away from this one for a complete day when
> the
> fridge is working on propane. I got good heat from the vent and no
> smell at
> all inside the van. The little pilot flame looks constant.
>
> I tighten the propane conduct for safety but what else can I do, or
> what
> are the danger apart from the pilot flame going off.
>
> I would like to hear feedback from people that have been using the
> fridge
> on LP mode for some years.
>
> Any suggestions gentlemen.
>
> Regards, Ben
> http://pages.infinit.net/eurokit/
>
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