Date:         Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:01:21 -0700
Reply-To:     Matthew Snook <matt@SNOOKSBAND.COM>
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From:         Matthew Snook <matt@SNOOKSBAND.COM>
Subject:      Re: cognitive dissonance and refrigerators
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Thanks for the reply.  Yeah, manuals.  I knew there was something missing
when I got this rig.

That answers my question pretty well.  Usually when I park, if it's level
enough to sleep, it's within +/-8 degrees, those times I've checked.  Mine
never worked on propane from day one.  Works great plugged into AC.

Matt


-----Original Message-----
From: David Beierl [mailto:dbeierl@gmail.com] On Behalf Of David Beierl
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 1:15 PM
To: Matthew Snook
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: cognitive dissonance and refrigerators

At 03:35 PM 8/10/2009, Matthew Snook wrote:
>These two items do not mesh well:
>1) Some say that it is _imperative_ that the vehicle be level any time it
is
>in operation, otherwise the unit will be damaged.

The leveling spec is in the fridge manual.  IIRC it's +/- 8 degrees
(18% grade) in both planes, which is more generous than most RV
fridges.  The manual also states that it's ok to drive the thing
without care to leveling, since the sloshing around takes care of the
necessary.  That being said, I'd shut the thing off if I were going
to go up (or down) a 50% grade for any length of time -- if the beast
will even do that, which I don't know.  I climbed a hill in WV the
other day that had the A/T maxed out with the speedo still on the
peg, but I didn't stop to measure the inclination.  Darn steep, though.

>2) In a discussion of the burner blowing out at highway speeds, some say
>they have lit the thing and left it that way 'til it's time to refill the

Ayuh.  Me, for one.  In ten years of using the thing I ran it
continuously except in the winter.  Never had much (any) problem with
spidies and wasps running it that way, either.  Too warm for them I 'spect.

  --
David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'89 Po' White Star "Scamp"