Date:         Wed, 23 Nov 94 8:41:47 EST
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         dcarment@ccs.carleton.ca (David Carment)
Subject:      RE:   Westy 3-Way Fridge Questions

Matt Tooley writes:
> 
> Well after taking everyone's advice I was able to get the fridge to light.  
> It took about 30 minutes of pumping and sparking to get it to light.  During 
> the course of all of it there were a 3 flare ups through the flue ( kinda 
> like backfires or when you leave the lid down on your gas grill when you are 
> trying to light it, not quite as big though). 
> 
>  I was just about to give up trying for the night when I looked down and saw 
> a little blue flame  in the window of the fridge!  Let it burn for a few 
> minutes and turned it off and tried again.  This time it lit after just a 
> few pumps and sparks.  The flow meter moved all the way to the green!  
> 
> I had run the fridge for a day and a half off 110V to test to see if it 
> could cool.  When I got home last night frost had formed on the cooling fins 
> inside as well as some ice in a container of water I had put in there.
> 
> The only question remaining is whether to drive with the LP running the 
> fridge or to run it off of 12V.  If it takes much effort to light the fridge 
> once you get some where then all the cold escapes while you are trying to 
> light the thing !
> 
> Thanks again....
> 
> 
I was not aware that some of the fridge ignition systems had a three way
LED set up. Mine glows red only if the fridge is working on LP, there is
no green....DC

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