Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 13:18:35 -0500
Reply-To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Frig fan
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Right. It's usually spelled fridge to put the d sound into the
abbreviation, so it won't look like an abbreviation of frigate. Another
word like that is oblige, with the g coming between an i and an e and
sounding like it has a d in there.
With the word configuration it's the other way, a hard g.
Go fidger.
Jim
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I am thinking "FRIG" is not an acceptable shortening of the word
> refrigerator. I don't think it is even an acceptable shortening of the word
> Frigate.
>
>
> tim in san jose
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 7:47 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> > Yup. I'm betting that that old trick creates a draw in the exhaust as the
> > electrical heating element is in that stack.
> >
> > Alistair
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Aug 8, 2014, at 6:42 AM, Mark McCulley <markmcculley@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > My 'trick' for lighting the fridge is to pre-cool it just a bit before
> > trying to light it by running the fridge on A/C or +12V for a few
> minutes.
> > I don't know why this makes a difference, but it lights on the first
> > attempt if I do this.
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> > >> Leaving aside combustion box cleanliness and gas orifice problems, I
> > find that most of the trouble in getting the fridge to light is
> > establishing a draught, or draft for you vowel deprived yanks.
> > >>
> > >> I don't know if you have the later auto sparking type fridge or the
> old
> > sparkler on here air pump version, but try pumping the air pump all the
> > time during start up. Keep pumping as the self igniter clicks, or if the
> > old type keep clicking the air pump and pumping.
> > >>
> > >> All this with the safety override button depressed.
> > >>
> > >> Sometimes you hear a whump as an accumulation of gas ignites. If you
> > hear that, you know you are getting gas in the chamber.
> > >>
> > >> Absolutely the best mod for monitoring the flame in the chamber is
> > soldering in a brighter led in the indicator panel. I have a bright blue
> in
> > mine, but I recently put in a bright white I a friends van. With that you
> > can see the led starting to glow, the intensity directly related to the
> > heat in the chamber.
> > >>
> > >> I found that you can't blow the flame out with the air pump so keep
> > pumping and holding the override button down when you see the led
> glowing.
> > When you let go of the override button watch the led and if it dims
> depress
> > the override button again and keep pumping.
> > >>
> > >> You should establish a draught with is approach.
> > >>
> > >> Alistair
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > On Aug 7, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Mike Miller <mwmiller6@att.net> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks, good ideas. I have a spare fan for the blowing into the
> > living area idea.
> > >> >
> > >> > Now to get that [highly censored stream of thought] frig working!
> One
> > time it lights no problem, next time can't get it to light. Arrgh!
> > >> >
> > >> > Mike
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > On Thursday, August 7, 2014 6:01 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
> > wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Just make it blow out. On cool days don't turn it on and the fridge
> > heat will stay in van via the vents behind sink/stove.
> > >> >
> > >> > If you want a fan blowing in, mount one behind the grill that faces
> > the top loading cubbies , the rear face of the sink/fridge. That will
> push
> > the hot air from the fridge into the living area.
> > >> >
> > >> > Alistair
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > > On Aug 7, 2014, at 5:18 PM, Mike Miller <mwmiller6@ATT.NET>
> wrote:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > I have a computer fan to install in place of the external water
> > connection. Thought to hook it up so it could blow out [for hot days] or
> > blow in [for cool days].
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Anyone see problems with this idea?
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Does anyone [read David B] have an idea of what kind of switch I'd
> > need to hook this up [if this is the way I go]?
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Mike in Cotati
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Where ever you are, there you be. Unless you're driving my van, in which
> case, you ain't got there yet.
>
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