Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 15:33:43 -0400
Reply-To: Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Subject: Re: Frig will not stay lit
Ours runs about 2 weeks on propane continuously, in the summer on MAX, with a weekend of camping cooking during the time measured.
G. Matthew Bulley
Director
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree
-----Original Message-----
From: William Wedenoja [SMTP:waw105f@MAIL.SMSU.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 2:10 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Frig will not stay lit
I was delighted just to get our fridge to operate on propane, as I'd read so
many messages from volks who said they could not get theirs to work! (BTW,
I discovered that the directions on the label for the fridge contradict
those in the OM, and that only the latter work.)
At any rate, it has never occurred to me to leave it on propane on the road.
I simply assumed it was unsafe and not recommended. Is this not the case?
But on propane or AC mine cools to about 35-40 degrees whereas on DC it's
more like 50 degrees. How long will it run on propane if left on all the
time?
Just curious,
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Hill <rhill@MYLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 7:12 PM
Subject: Frig will not stay lit
> Hello Volks,
>
> Well i'm just back from my first road trip in the new to me 81 Westy.
> About 375 miles round trip and she ran flawlessly.
>
> We left Macon, GA at about 2:30 pm Saturday and headed for Atlanta, GA
> where my wife's folks live. I dropped the sweet wife off at her Mom's
> house and I headed for the North GA mountains for the annual Six Gap
> Century bicycle ride. If you like to ride bicycles and you live within
> driving distance of N. GA you gotta come do this one. Its put on by the
> Dahlonega C of C and its one of the better rides in this neck of the
woods.
> But back to the Westy.
>
> I spent Saturday night in the North GA. mountains, did the bicycle ride on
> Sunday and returned home on Sunday. What a great trip, cool weather,
great
> bicycling and good fellowship. Only saw one other Westy, a white
EuroWesty
> and I unfortnately did not get to talk with the owners.
>
> The only problem is that I could not keep the flame lit on the frig while
I
> was driving in the Westy. Worked fine while I was parked but blew out
> every time when I started to drive. What a royal pain in the rear. Is
this
> how it works or does the frig need work.
>
> Thanks for any help there might be out there.
>
> Ron Hill
> Macon GA
> 81 Westy
>
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