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Date:         Thu, 28 May 1998 12:25:54 -0700
Reply-To:     "Steven X. Schwenk" <sxs@SCHWENK-LAW.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Steven X. Schwenk" <sxs@SCHWENK-LAW.COM>
Subject:      Re: Driving with LP appliances on
Comments: To: Felix Martel <felixm@TOTAL.NET>
Comments: cc: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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The fridge does not go out at highway speeds. It works great. An unusual wind current may once a year blow mine out, but that is rare and not related to the speed of the vehicle.

Felix Martel wrote:

> Hi volks! > > The reason its unsafe to drive with the stove running is its got an > open > flame. Also,if you were to say, have a pot of water boiling on it and > had to > slam on the brakes, the thought of the result makes me shiver (they > say > lobsters make sounds when immersed in boiling water - imagine YOU!). > > As far as the fridge goes, the vent on the left exterior of the van is > not > very well sheilded from the air current created by a moving van. While > its > ok to leave the fridge on while tooling around a city or driving > slowly on > scenic roads, driving on the highway will more than likely lead to the > > fridge flaming out, which would activate the automatic shut-off valve, > which > would lead to the fridge no longer cooling, which would lead to > spoiling the > food in the fridge (if you carry anything other than beer in it). > There is > no more risk of fire and/or explosion than if it is off. > > An easy way to tell if the fridge is functioning properly on gas is to > check > the green LED on the panel beside the water reservoir LEDS. > > Happy trails !


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