Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 16:26:15 -0800
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Stove & whine
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Update: After the sun came up and it got warm, I got out my favorite
tool (not) my electrical tester...I did first take out my propane tank...a
6 gallon one that lives, well vented to the outside, under the sink....and
blew back into the vent hole for the regulator. Maybe that will help the
stove.
Then I discovered that the plug itself...a Sirrius proprietary item with
some electrical circuits built in....that had a broken plastic inside,
allowing one of the ground prongs to contact the fuse at the end that gets
the juice.... So the fuse in the plug was shorting(without blowing!) and
causing the fuse in my panel to blow....After some 'fiddley' McGuiver work
with some cut up yohgurt cup plastic and some electrical tape, I 'repaired'
the sirrius plug....since the nearest sizeable town is a couple of hours
away and Sat. radios are Old tech anyhow, probably NLA in Hip
California.....
Then, I had to trace down the power source for my Extra Digi-Key power
point, the one I installed when I added the coach battery to power my extra
inside stuff....It wasn't the inline fuse that blew to that one, it was the
fuse in my extra power panel behind the drivers seat.....So all these
fuses, they do work properly....all I have to do is re-remember where
everything is, then I'm good.
My older non-restored van, it has plenty of 'ventilation' around the
door and window seals....I am not too worried about becoming anoxic from my
coffee cooking, though I do NOT just light the stove and go to bed, or
anything stupid....
Here's one for all you westie campers out there....How many of you have
closed the stove lid, after turning the burners "off".....but really
turning them down to the German Low setting where the flame is really low
and almost invisible in sunlight? I have done that, I admit to it....
ciao,
Don Hanson....sitting in my shorts and flip flops in the desert....
On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> And btw, you shouldn't be burning the stove without any windows cracked
> open. Not that much O2 in a westy, you need some ventilation when using
> the stove!
>
>
>
> Joy
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 4:36 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Do you plug the sat into the cigarette lighter socket? Those sockets
> > get loose, or w.h.y.
> >
> > Maybe check connections to the socket?
> >
> > The Westy reg is usually set to 10.5" - 11". My guess is that the reg.
> > for the Westy tank comes from the factory set to ~ that WC.
> >
> > Marshall 290 is the model that springs to mind. How the vent is
> > positioned is important.
> >
> > Neil.
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 7:08 AM, dhanson928@gmail.com
> > <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > ..... Then there's Sirius. It's always been pretty cheesy, now it
> blew
> > both my dash area power outlets. ..... The fuse blows when I plug in the
> > sat radio.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Neil n
> >
> > 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp
> >
> > '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named.
> >
> > '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
> >
> > Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group:
> >
> >
> >
> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
> >
>
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