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Date:         Wed, 5 Sep 2012 09:09:08 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Fridge question
Comments: To: tom ring <taring@TARING.ORG>
In-Reply-To:  <504742DD.16686.210016C1@taring.taring.org>
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---- tom ring <taring@TARING.ORG> wrote: > Great stuff! Thanks to you and all the others that have given me lots of work > to do this coming weekend! > > It'll be fun. Sort of. And it's supposed to be cooler, unlike all the 90 > degree days lately.

We are hoping for 90 degree days this weekend. High yesterday 105, forecast for today, 103. mcneely

> > tom > > On 5 Sep 2012 at 1:10, David Beierl wrote: > > > At 09:21 PM 9/4/2012, tom ring wrote: > > >My fridge works fine on 120 and propane but poorly on 12 volts. I > > >have checked > > >and it draws 6.3 amps on "12" volts which seems to be as expected. > > > > Check along the 12 V wiring for voltage drops. Replace fuse on > > pillar with a Littelfuse glass version that isn't prone to losing > > contact at the retaining hole as the Euro fuses do. Increase spring > > tension there. > > > > Check using an inverter to power it on 110 V while you're driving > > down the road. The fridge never works as well when under way as the > > vehicle's motion interferes to some extent with the internal > > flows. If no inverter, use propane. If you stick a thermometer on > > the cooling fins/tube with heat sink compound and cover it with putty > > you'll be able to see fin temperature rise within moments of driving off. > > > > Check supply voltage at load end of fuse and current (ammeter > > inserted in line with fuse -- I think the supply wires on that > > fixture use screw terminals). Leave the fuse in circuit since by its > > nature it produces a voltage drop. Product of voltage and amperage > > should be at least 85 watts (rating of the heater). If not there's a > > poor connection somewhere and/or thicker wires needed. Poor > > connection may be on top of the fridge. > > > > If above checks are ok, pull fridge and investigate the heater pocket > > - heater is held in with a setscrew. Rarely they break off the > > boiler, otherwise it's possible that corrosion may be interfering > > with heat transfer (not too likely given that the identical AC setup seems ok). > > > > The easiest overall solution *may* be to simply use an inverter on > > the road. This minimizes voltage drops (taken as percentage of the > > total) and lets you have a thermostat without modifying the fridge. > > > > Yours, > > David > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW EN34hx > taring@taring.org > > What happens if a big asteroid hits the Earth? Judging from realistic > simulations > involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can > assume it will > be pretty bad. > - Dave Barry > -----------------------------------------

-- David McNeely


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