Date:         Sun, 31 Jul 2022 18:24:02 -0700
Reply-To:     Gene P <olgreywoof@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Gene P <olgreywoof@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: An electrical thing I never noticed in 20 years of
              Westyownership Another Westy Fridge Design Flaw
Comments: To: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
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This could be out of the dumb question bank, but I don’t have a fridge so if so I’ll plead ignorance over stupidity …
Can this be solved by just putting a simple switch in the power line to the fridge so you can switch it off when you don’t want it to run?  Seems like that temp sensor can go wild and the fan won’t run if there ain’t no electrons.  ??

gp

‘87 T3
‘81 R65
‘61 TR3

From: Eric Caron
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2022 6:04 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: An electrical thing I never noticed in 20 years of Westyownership Another Westy Fridge Design Flaw

Hi Jim,


Yes, That is what I was taught on this list several years ago.  For me it has never happened to my knowledge.  I live in Vermont.  Still the sun can hit the van in the summer and it could happen.

I have a house battery so that could go dead but the start battery would not.

I wish it was not wired that way but not something I’m going to worry about.

        In Alabama it is a bigger problem. 

Eric Caron 


> On Jul 31, 2022, at 3:12 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> the fridge fan temp sensor kicks the fan on, no matter what
> mode the fridge is in, and there's nothing you can do about it in the stock
> configuration?