Date:         Tue, 7 Oct 2003 08:32:44 -0700
Reply-To:     Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: A (propane) Fridge footnote
Comments: To: Sean Garrett <SEAN.GARRETT@asu.edu>
In-Reply-To:  <10B7D57404FD0C4587019E88DACD091702B9BD16@ex2.asurite.ad.asu.edu>
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--- Sean Garrett <SEAN.GARRETT@asu.edu> wrote:
> HMMM... I am really interested in the flex hose
> setup. Tell me more. Like the connection at the
> fridge (copper of flex ?) how long it is, where it
> connects exactly ?  I am redoing mine right now,
this
> could help me.  Sean Garrett

I took my van to Egypt with me a few  years ago and I
'knew' I could not get a propane hook-up there for the
stock propane tank, so I took the tank & copper lines
off prior to shipping.  I was right.

In Egypt I found a propane nipple that would screw
onto the rear-top threads of the fridge and then I
hooked some 'good'(?) Egyptian propane rubber hose (no
connections at  either end) up to a propane bottle
with some cheap regulator.  The stove worked, but the
fridge never worked.

Upon returning home (Halifax) I re-installed the
propane tank but cricked the copper line to the
fridge, so I just cut it off and used the propane hose
that I brought back from Egypt.  Its is just a
pressure fit over the copper pipe and the nipple on
the back of the fridge but I do use 2 screw clamps for
each fitting.  If you'd like some photos I can oblige.


One could just cut the propane copper line about 2
inches back from the connection at the rear of the
fridge (so as to connect some hose) and then cut the
copper pipe about half way up the side wall under the
sink (that's where I cut mine).  What this set up
allows me to do is to - once the fridge is out - is to
hook the elect and the propane back up - through the
sink cabinet - and run the fridge while out of its
cabinet & in the middle of the van.  You can see
pictures of the flame etc at
http://photos.yahoo.com/mwstebbins under Westy Fridge.
  Let me know.   M

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