Date:         Wed, 27 May 1998 19:43:23 -0400
Reply-To:     "Joseph J. Liasse" <jliasse@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Joseph J. Liasse" <jliasse@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Subject:      Re: Westy fridge efficiency in 12v mode
Comments: To: Stephen Jones <sjones@TETONDATA.COM>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Jones <sjones@TETONDATA.COM>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: Westy fridge efficiency in 12v mode


>Mark McCulley wrote:
>> You don't have to be stopped to run the fridge on propane. I always fire
up
>> the fridge on propane power the night before I go camping and don't turn
it
>> off until I return. You do have to shut off the propane if you put the
>> vehicle on a ferry though. I can't think of any other situations where
you
>> would have to turn off the propane (Chesapeake Bay tunnel perhaps?).
>
>What about when filling up with gas?  I've always wondered if other
>people
>turn off the fridge will filling up.
>
>- Stephen Jones
>'87 Westy

    Keeping the fridge lit while filling with gas or propane DOES add an
aspect of adventure and suspense during an otherwise routine task but it is
one I would rather forgo.