Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 10:30:08 -0400
Reply-To: Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Propane and refrigerator success
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Back to the original thread!
checked my internal refrigerator temp this morning and it is 29 F and the outside temperature was 67 F. inside the van was 70 F. dial was set to Max cooling.
Am I correct that this is the expected functioning of my stock refrigerator with all stock parts and no related van mods?
I was considering pulling it to clean and upgrade to go westy fan but am thinking that is probably a bad idea with it working well at this point. Van has always lived inside and from what I can tell it is clean behind and under the unit. I even keep the original outside vent cover on when not in use.
OK, I’ll admit it. Before lighting yesterday I turned on the stove burners each just for a couple of seconds. they sounded air free and smooth. I’ll light refrigerator without doing this next time. Hum, or maybe I’ll keep doing it as a good luck charm!
Eric Caron
85 GL Auto Westfalia
Currently on shore power waiting for another temp check.
Beverages cold and waiting. Is it 5:00 o’clock somewhere?
> On Jun 27, 2015, at 10:03 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> My all-time favorite.
>
> Jim
>
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 9:00 AM Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> And not resetting the trip odometer while the van is moving?
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <
>> camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Unless someone can come up with a scenario where air can get into a
>>> sealed and pressurized propane line, I declare running the stove to
>>> light the refigerator as being in the same category as holding your
>>> tongue just right.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>>> Bend, Ore.
>>>
>>> On 06/26/2015 05:56 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
>>>
>>>> No need. The stove and the fridge are on separate gas "circuits"
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 7:29 PM PB <pbrattan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Oh - one more hint they gave me, and I think the manual said the same
>>>>> thing: Light the stove first. Once the propane is actually running in
>>>>> the
>>>>> stove, the fridge will start more easily.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
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