The propane test results are in. The Westy fridge that had much less cooling was the one that had much less pressure coming from the propane tank regulator. The very cold running fridge in my Syncro camper is running off of 10.5 inches of pressure while the not so cold fridge in the Westy I am fixing up has only 8 inches of pressure. Thanks again to David Beierl for suggesting a simple way to measure the pressure. The Dometic manual calls for 11 inches of pressure. The tank regulators are adjustable so I turned up the pressure . I will report the results of my new cooling test soon. David Beierl wrote: > > At 18:34 5/22/99 -0700, Mark Drillock wrote: > >know how I can measure the pressure of my regulators? I have a Westy > >with the original regulator that does not cool nearly as well as my > >Camper with the new type of regulator. I would like to compare the > >pressures to see if this is the reason. > > There may be an expensive professional method -- but if you make up a piece > of clear tubing in a U shape two or three feet high and apply the gas to > one end, the difference in height btw the two water columns is the answer. > > david > David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net |
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