Date:         Tue, 30 Jun 2015 18:09:47 -0400
Reply-To:     george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Propane and refrigerator success
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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I probably have checked the heating element for fitment, the 12 volt
element was loose enough to slide up and down the tube it's in.

I turned the empty fridge on this morning, and when I checked at about two
in the afternoon, the interior of the bus was 92 degrees and the interior
of the box was 39.

Geo/ATL

On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 8:20 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 08:04 PM 6/28/2015, george jannini wrote:
>
>>   As for which mode cools better, when I am plugged in, I turn the
>> thermostat _all_ the way up.  Overnight, a thermometer set on the top
>> shelf
>> on the right side, will generally read 29°.
>>
>>   If I can't plug in, running on propane the pointer is set horizontal
>> (pointing to 9 as on a clock) or even lower to achieve 29-32.
>>
>
> You might try using the lower setting -- the knob is a true thermostat,
> switches the electric and the main flame on and off at the setpoint.  Pilot
> flame (bypass around the main valve) runs continuously.  All off but pilot
> on MIN, all on on MAX.
>
> If electric isn't cooling as well as gas, check for correct heater
> consumption (85W) and good conduction heater to boiler.  Flakes of
> corrosion?  Oxides are insulators.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>