Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 20:00:35 -0400
Reply-To: Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Subject: Re: More fridge help needed.
You can make your own gauge.
First off: if you are stupid, and think that you should play with your
propane in an enclosed garage, or while you are smoking...
And if then you will want to sue me when you turn your neighborhood into
Krakatau , read this, www.bulley-hewlett.com/page19.html as it applies to
the post that follows:
Making a Bernoulli gauge is easy to do, a little tricky to explain....
You will need about 3' of clear plastic 1/2" ID tubing. About 5" from one
end, you mark a scale on it 0"-11", with 11" closest to the short end, and
0 closest to the middle of the tube
You disconnect the two copper propane lines under the van from the
regulator assembly. You connect the end farthest from your scale of the
plastic tube to one of the bare fittings on the regulator...if you got 1/2"
ID tubing, it will fit snugly without any clamp. Now the tricky part to
explain...as if the preceding where a breeze...
You make a "U" shape out of the tube, with the 0-11 scale you marked on the
left leg of the U, and the right leg of the U attached to the regulator.
You fill the U with enough water that the base of the meniscus (the
waterline) comes to 5.5", filling the bottom of the U.
You turn on the gas, and plug the open regulator port with a spare
finger(since there are two ports). The gas will push the water up the left
leg of the tube...hopefully EXACTLY 11".
If it isn't exactly 11" you can adjust the regulator by unscrewing the
plastic cover and screwing the adjustment knob in or out a bit with the gas
on, and your gauge hooked up.
Again, it is a relatively complicated explanation, but a VERY simple
process.
G. Matthew Bulley
Director
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree
-----Original Message-----
From: Groff, Montgomery [SMTP:Montgomery.Groff@ECHOSTAR.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 6:26 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: More fridge help needed.
Thanks to all who responded to my earlier post.
I have now completed a more thorough evaluation of all propane related
fridge parts and it's still not cooling. The only remaining test is the gas
pressure. Since I don't have a gauge, does anyone know of a good propane
mechanic in the Denver area? Or, where can I get a gauge to test the
pressure myself?
Thanks
Monty
'89 Westy
'62 Sunroof Bug
