Date:         Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:56:15 -0600
Reply-To:     Aaron Pearson <Aaron.Pearson@GXT.COM>
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From:         Aaron Pearson <Aaron.Pearson@GXT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fire (update)
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does this seem strange to anyone else?  is "reefer" a standard
refrigerator abbreviation?

i once "pulled a reefer" after it caught fire, too.  the smoke was more
purple than black.

aaron
'87 syncro gl
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Michael Elliott
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 2:34 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Fire (update)

On 9/30/2005 11:05 AM Kim Brennan wrote:

> A couple of months ago (in August to be exact) I mentioned that I had 
> had a fire behind my Fridge (started when I was trying to ignite it), 
> which I then immeadiately put out using my (halon) fire extingusher.
>
> Well, I finally got around to pulling the fridge to assess the damage.
> It's incredibly minimal. There was no sorching of the cabinets, and 
> nothing else, EXCEPT for the igniter cable itself and the copper heat 
> sensor line (which has some white ash on it, but I suspect is 
> otherwise
> fine.) .
>
> This seems surprisingly lucky to me. I had been trying to ignite the 
> fridge, started seeing black smoke come up from behind the stove, and 
> when I glanced down behind it via the vent at the back, I had seen 
> flames.
>

How the heck did this happen? I've pulled my reefer and the combustion
chamber, the air inlet, and the exhaust outlet are all sealed from the
inside of the Vanagon. The only openings are at the reefer exhaust port
on the outside.  I can't even imagine how a fire could get started that
would cause black smoke to come out the back of the fridge.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") KG6RCR

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