RE: Fridge problems

-----Original = Message-----
From: BRENT CHRISTENSEN <bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM= >
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM&g= t;
Date: Thursday, April 27, 2000 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: Fridge problems

Super quiet until you are sleeping downstairs with = your head facing forward and it is 80 degrees outside. :-)

(You'll hear the fan kick on, and if it is old, = loose, or dry it may squeal like a stuck pig or shriek like a Lionel train = from Hell)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.CO= M]On Behalf
> Of Mike Barfield =
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 3:10 PM =
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Fridge problems
> =
>
> Thanks to all that = responded...I plugged the 120v up and left
> the = fridge turned
> on for several housrs. = Whatdaya know, cold! I expecting
> household-like = fridge
> noises, not the super quiet VW = fridge.
>
> Mike = Barfield
> '84 Westy (Looking for name ideas) =
>
> On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, = Mike Barfield wrote:
> > I'm a first-time westy = owner and got my van last weekend.
> The engine = is blown
> > and doesn't run. Today for = the first time I ran 120v to the
> van to see = what
> > would work. Plugged a trouble light to = the inside plug.
> Eureka! POWER!
> > Next plugged light into the plug in the cabinet = under the sink. MORE
> > POWER! (Wife is = looking on and can't understand joyful
> glee) = Following the
> > instructions in the manual = and printed on the fridge for
> 120v nothing = happened.
> > No noise, no cold, nothing. I then put = a charger on the
> dead battery.
> > Headlights, wipers, horn, dome light, etc. all = work. Put
> fridge on 12v,
> > nothing. Next tried to light the fridge. There is propane
> in the tank, don't
> > know how much (was able to use stove). Followed =
> instructions on fridge. Tried
> > many times. The best I could do was once I got a loud pop
> that sounded like it
> > came from the outside vent. Van does not have = second
> battery. Noticed that a =
> > fuse is blown in the little box next to the = bottom of the
> drivers seat (the
> > fuse on the right). Don't have any extra fuses, but plan to
> replace ALL fuses
> > this weekend. I plan to leave the charger on the battery
> all night (with cables =
> > removed). Anyone got any ideas why 120v isn't working?
> >
> > Mike Barfield
> > '84 Westy (Looking = for name ideas)
> =