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Date:         Mon, 7 Oct 2002 12:24:43 -0400
Reply-To:     Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@HEWITT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@HEWITT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fridge Fan ?
Comments: To: Sean Garrett <SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU>
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Hi Sean,

I'm guessing from your e-mail address and the fact that you report 90 F as "cold at night" that you're in Arizona. Your fan thermocouple may be working just fine. If my van is sitting in the sun with the fridge running on propane and the temp is 90 F --- my fan is going to run full time. As the sun goes down and it cools off the fan will stop. I suggest turning your fridge off and letting it cool --- perhaps overnight. Put the fuse in and light the fridge. Assuming an ambient air temperature of 90 F it should take some time before the fan comes on (as I recall from a post last week it goes on when the thermocouple hits 140 F and off when it cools to 125 F). If there's a time between ligithing the fridge and the fan going on then your thermocouple is probably acting as it should --- you're just in a really hot place. The other way to check this is see if the fan goes off as the sun goes down --- if you come out in the morning and the fan is off you're OK.

Cheers, Doug

Sean Garrett <SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU> Sent by: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> 10/07/2002 11:45 AM Please respond to Sean Garrett

To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM cc: Subject: Fridge Fan ?

OK my fridge fan is perplexing me more... the facts: 1. 1981 Westy in process of restoration, phase 2 (running with interior restore happening now). 2. When it is cold at night (below 90 F) if I connect the fuse under the drivers seat the fan does not come on no matter what setting the fridge is on (gas, 12v, 120v). 3. When it is hot during the day (above 90 F) the fan runs when I connect the fuse under the drivers seat no matter what setting it is on (gas, 12v, 120v). 4. There is another wire (2 total) that is not fused (in line fuse installed) under the drivers seat. It seems to have no effect on the behavior above. 1 & 2 happen whether this wire is connected or not. 5. The fridge does cool on 120v. I checked it briefly while I had the whole cabinet out of the vehicle last January 6. The fridge fan in the back was replaced when I did have it out with the recommended replacement at camping world.

Is it possible the thermo switch is bad but in a different way, that is to say its "kick on" temperature is lower than it should be????

I want to try to figure the "whole" problem out before I pull the fridge. I am think there may be another grounding issue I am not addressing.

Sean Garrett 1981 Westy (his) 1995 Eurovan Camper (hers) sean.garrett@asu.edu

"The person who would like to make his dreams come true must stay awake."

-- Richard Wheeler


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