Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:34:28 -0400
Reply-To: Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Late model poptop skylights and canvas
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A vent for the fridge? Really? I'm surprised the manual doesn't say
anything about opening the skylight during fridge operation. The wierd
thing is, the fridge worked BETTER in my no skylight 80 than in my
skylighted 86, but I'm sure its another factor.
I like the idea of the computer fan mod, I have heard a few people use
it, anyone got pictures yet?
Chris
On 9/27/05, RAlanen@aol.com <RAlanen@aol.com> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 27/09/2005 12:03:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
> I am toying with the idea of replacing my pop top, but before I leap
> into it I had a couple of quesions:
>
> 1) Was the skylight optional? If possible I'd like to get a top
> WITHOUT a skylight.
>
> 2) I know earlier vans did not all have skylights, but as I understand
> it the canvas attaches differently. So assuming I have a 1986 van am I
> restricted as to what year of pop top I can buy (because of the way
> the canvas attaches)?
>
> Chris, your toying with engineering here. The skylight was not
> optional. It came on all but very early Vanagon Westys after they found
> they needed ventilation for the fridge. The way the fridge is installed the
> heat produced behind the fridge has to escape to keep the fridge working.
> There is no exterior exhaust for this heat so they installed the skylight.
> Fresh air is drawn in under the front of the fridge as the hot air rises
> behind the fridge and out through the grill work behind the stove cabinet
> then out through the skylight. If the skylight is closed or not there the
> heat will stay inside the van until an equilibrium is achieved and the
> fridge will quite working. Some of us including myself have re-engineered
> the fridge to have a positive exhaust of the heat to the outside by fitting
> a 12 volt computer fan as an exhaust fan in the city water intake port,
> which is dead center of the fridge heat exchanger coil, switched from the
> front of the sink cabinet.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Frank Condelli
> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
> '87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg (Forsale) & Lionel Trains
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