Date:         Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:27:04 -0500
Reply-To:     Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MYMTS.NET>
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From:         Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MYMTS.NET>
Subject:      Re: Dometic-Condenser fan running!
Comments: To: Keith Hughes <keithahughes@YAHOO.COM>
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Keith if I'm understanding Dennis right, the fan will come on regardless of whether or not you've 'flipped the switch' to turn the fridge on, right?

Or have i had one too many late night beverages?

Jeff
On 2013-06-13, at 12:24 AM, Keith Hughes <keithahughes@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

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>> 
>> Date:    Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:53:32 -0400
>> From:    Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
>> Subject: Re: Dometic-Condenser fan running!
>> 
>> It may be dumb but it works this way for a number of
>> reasons. The fridge is
>> designed to run on propane as its normal fuel source. There
>> is no electrical
>> supply needed for propane operation and there is no
>> electrical interface to
>> the 12 volt system to control anything outside of the burner
>> system. So the
>> condenser fan switch has 12 volt power all the time and if
>> the condenser
>> goes over 110-120F the fan will turn on. Yes leave it in the
>> heat long
>> enough and you will run the battery down. Also, if you use
>> the 110 volt
>> option you will also run into the this problem as there is
>> no on board
>> battery charger unless you added one.  What is really
>> dumb is that this
>> fridge dissipates all it heat in the vehicle interior. Most
>> RV applications
>> have a separate plenum area outside to vent the fridge.
>> 
>> Dennis
> 
> There are good reasons for it, but if it got to 120F in Germany, I think it would've been engineered a bit differently.  I added an additional fan to mine many years ago, and wired both through a rocker switch I put in vent grill.  Here in Phoenix, with the van in the sun all day, my fan was running for hours on end and I didn't want two of them doing it.  Not a problem most places, but it sure can be here.  We don't camp anywhere it's this hot, so we just flip the switch before we leave, and turn off when we get back.
> 
> Keith Hughes
> '86 Westy Tiico (Marvin)
>