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• Re: Using the fridge as an ice box
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Tue, 15 Oct 2002 22:40:16 -0600
  my prep is that i put the fridge (i use a dometic SC) on AC power before the trip. i then stuff everything in...
• Re: Westfalia instrument panel.
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:06:09 -0800
  I doubt that your led panel has a fridge lit led. The early panels had no switch and no pilot led. Someone could have...
• Re: Fridge on DC power
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:31:55 -0500
  ...Westy 'Fridge on DC > Are you giving it enough time to actually know that it is working or not? > On DC the 'fridge is...
• Propane powered fridge while driving (?)
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 14:52:29 -0400
  ...is it possible to run the fridge on propane the entire time while driving? Is this dangerous? Alternatively, does fridge operation make a big...
• some fridge info
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:50:42 -0700
  Had some time to pull the fridge on my '82 Westy. Last time I did this was 2 years ago when I cleaned the...
• Re: Guess the part answer
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 17 Aug 2021 18:48:11 -0700
  Hey Eric, I worked on fridge this last weekend and I’ll be posting on that soon. I’ll try to explain in text...
• Re: Never mind! (Was Re: HELP! (mystery wire under cabinet))
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:55:03 -0700
  ...It's another wire from the fridge (ground for 12v operation > maybe?). I was able to reach it from the sink cabinet without taking...
• Fridge Woes
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Sat, 29 Mar 1997 00:33:49
  ...The fridge worked great on 110v but I couldn't get it to work on LP. I tried starting it several times with no...
• Re: Screwed cap at base of fridge
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 10:52:25 -0400
  This is the drain plug for the fridge combustion chamber. Only needs to be opened if you take your car through the wrong kind...
• Removing the ASI fridge
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Fri, 14 Jun 2002 17:45:11 -0600
  I don't know what the ASI fridge is, but here's how the Westy fridge comes out. I just did it. There are...
• Re: EARLY 80s FRIDGE QUESTION
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:18:04 -0500
  ...How does the LP gauge on the early 80s fridges work. It obviously shows if the fridge is getting gas but is that it...
• Help lighting fridge
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Berg
  Thu, 11 Jul 2019 20:40:25 -0400
  Anybody in southern ontario (ideally near kitchener) that can help me try and get my fridge to light on propane. Works fine on 120V...
• Fridge vent cover
  Historical mailing list - Carlos & Margaret de Carvalho
  Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:00:44 -0300
  Where can I buy a outside fridge vent cover ( not plastic) for a 84 Vanagon? Go Westy & California Imports both say they are obsolete...
• driving and fridge
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 12 May 2000 15:42:21 -0400
  is it possible, advisable, legal to drive while having the fridge running on propane or should it run on 12 V? (or maybe 120V...
• Re: How Long Was I Asleep?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 1 Feb 2007 17:15:47 -0800
  And missing a table, drain plug for the sink, shelve in the fridge door and one shelf in the fridge itself. Hell, that thing...
• Thigs to do when the fridge it out (long)
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 31 Mar 2000 09:30:57 -0800
  ...Take heart - I have had my fridge in and out several times, and it is EASY! And it gives you the wonderful opportunity to...
• Re: Fridge operation
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cain
  Wed, 8 Mar 2000 14:11:58 -0500
  ...I also can not see the flame through the little spy hole in the fridge. I have to guess and hope to get it...
• Westy Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:57:24 -0400
  I was already familar with the basics of the ammonia cycle fridge that our Westy's have in it. I was undecided, however, on...
• Re: Westy fridge efficiency in 12v mode
  Historical mailing list - Charles & Kimberly Fryer
  Wed, 27 May 1998 18:45:31 +0100
  Well, in our 86 camper the fridge wouldn't stay running on propane, the pilot light blew out from driving down the road Our...
• Fridge+Stove removal question
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Sat, 24 Feb 2001 13:00:05 -0800
  I need to remove the fridge/stove to get to the interior rocker panel (body seam) so i can treat some rust. I have...
• Coleman thermoElectric fridge for those of you with w/ busted or missing fridge
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:29:17 EST
  someone asked the dimensions of the Coleman thermoElectric fridge.. this runs on auto 12v ac/dc as well as household 110v. i have one...
• Re: Vitrifrigo installation w/ storage
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:33:16 -0700
  ...I also like Jeffs idea to cram the fridge under the sink. Seems like you could keep the old fridge door and make some...
• Re: Fridge blows out while driving....
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 19 May 2009 21:04:12 -0500
  ...Fridge blows out while driving.... > > >> At 09:02 PM 5/19/2009, jon wrote: >>> >>> It's "normal" for the fridge to blow out during...
• Re: Dometic Fridge question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 14:06:00 -0400
  At 12:41 PM 7/9/2002, Ryan Heidcamp wrote: >Anyway I plugged the fridge into a 110 AC outlet here at work and...
• Re: Fridge maintenance
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:57:22 EDT
  ...Fingers are crossed that it will help lighting the fridge. The last time I had the fridge out, I completely cleaned the combustion chamber...
• Re: Refrigirator removal and Haynes/Bentley manuals
  Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 08:37:58 -0800
  At 09:07 PM 10/28/98 -0400, you wrote: >There is a small smell of propane when the fridge in running on LP...
• Re: Fridge pilot going out
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:31:51 -0600
  ...Fridge pilot going out On 7/23/07, Gilles Turmel <gilles.turmel@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi, > My fridge pilot is going out when driving...
• Re: Fridge Thermocouple Anyone?
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:31:23 -0700
  Thanks, I think I found one.� I can't see spending $70 plus shipping on one from Gowesty when people are ditching these fridges...
• Re: 3-Way Fridge: LP Gas Operation
  Historical mailing list - Russell, William
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 01:27:37 -0400
  ...3-Way Fridge: LP Gas Operation The www.westfalia.org site has lots of discussion about lighting the fridge in LP mode. Laurence Smith...
• Fridge Tune-up.
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 26 Jun 1995 11:09:05 CST6CDT
  ...I tuned up my fridge! Here's what I did, and thanks to Derek Drew's fridge article for some of these ideas: 1...
• Re: Westy fridge efficiency in 12v mode
  Historical mailing list - Joseph J. Liasse
  Wed, 27 May 1998 00:34:51 -0400
  I cant really address your question other than to say that in order for the fridge to work there has to be a heat...
• ARB freezer/fridge report -- It rocks!
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 21:07:29 -0700
  I took my Westy with ARB freezer/fridge out this past weekend. The trip was Seattle to Wenatchee the first night then up to...
• Re: Fridge blows fuses....help
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 20 May 2001 23:06:30 -0400
  At 07:25 PM 5/20/2001, Steve Cotsford wrote: >It seems that the fuse only blows when the fridge functions and gets hot...
• Re: Fridge....should it stay on...
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Wed, 25 May 2005 11:08:13 -0700
  have never heard nor read of that problem (danger of operating fridge on propane while driving the van). have taken several long trips, including...
• Re: Vanagon equipment level definitions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Sep 1999 23:11:50 EDT
  heres your answers... << Full camper = sink, stove, fridge, etc in a westfalia. the std. camper doesnt have the stove, and there is a icebox...
• Re: Westy Dometic Fridge problem
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Myers
  Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:51:18 -0500
  You may want to check the gas jet when you get a chance to take out the fridge. A year [ 25 hours of use...
• MORE 12v fridge not working info
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:10:00 -0500
  ...If I start the car **with the fridge switch in the 12V position** and don't goose the engine, the fridge LED doesn't...
• Re: Can 240 volts damage the fridge?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 16 Jan 2015 20:11:21 -0800
  Was the fridge plugged into the outlet in the Westfalia? If so, wouldn't 240 trip the circuit breaker? Busdepot may have the heater...
• Re: Fridge; I can't get it goin on any ...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 27 May 2006 09:38:45 -0400
  ...Hi guys, I can't get the fridge work on anything. I know, I should search the archives, but I can never find it...
• Re: Help w/ Electrolux 3-way fridge with 220V
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Wed, 9 Oct 2013 03:28:27 -0700
  As mentioned in my other reply, I will have an opportunity to find out if I get this local Westy fridge being given away...
• Re: lighting the fridge
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 Sep 94 10:03:12 EDT
  Alistair Bell wrote:> > > Some observations on fridge lighting... > > > ...I have given up on looking for the pilot light through the little > window in the...
• Fridge Woes
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 18:05:45 -0500
  ...In my ASI Im trying to run the fridge on gas. I get it to light, and the little gauge needle swings into green...
• Refrigerator FUBAR Followup
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
  Sun, 1 Sep 2002 15:14:14 -0500
  ...when i was reinstalling the fridge, i was paying far too much attention to the exhaust/intake pipes. I didn't even notice that...
• Re: Fridge Help?? won't light when cold outside??
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:12:31 -0700
  > Doug Alcock wrote: > >it was about 3 degrees celsius/39 degrees fahrenheit last weekend --- > >and maybe it was too cold for the fridge to...
• Re: One More 'Fridge Thread
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:23:04 -0700
  ...One lives in fridge, the other on the passenger seat. Wireless wonders! Neil. -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia. http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
• Couple of minor propane fridge mods
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 19 Jun 2017 13:01:35 -0700
  ...https://shufti.blog/2017/06/19/vanagon-a-couple-of-minor-fridge-mods/ Alistair
• Re: propane fridge
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Tue, 30 Sep 2014 07:42:11 -0700
  Here's a nice write-up on lighting and troubleshooting the Westy fridge: http://vanagon.com/info/articles/refrigerator/Lighting_the_Dometic_182.html...
• Re: Cheesy fridge door latch
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 06 Oct 94 14:14:59 EDT
  ...Most fridges have mold and mildew because their owners don't leave the door slightly open so it can ventilate.
• Fridge fan switch
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Sun, 2 Nov 2003 15:24:46 -0500
  I pulled the fridge this weekend and put a better fan on the back. Is there a way to test the thermoswitch to see...
• Re: Thermostat for Dometic Fridge (fan), where to find?
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 09:52:11 -0700
  ...Thermostat for Dometic Fridge (fan), where to find? Brent, as I remember the FridgeMate fan does indeed come with a thermoswitch, but it is...
• Westy clinic Today and maybe tomorrow, SoCal
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:38:15 -0700
  The time today for working on the fridges has been moved to this afternoon, 12:00 on. We may do it again tomorrow , Sunday...
• Re: Couple of minor propane fridge mods
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 19 Jun 2017 14:35:56 -0700
  ...a set of rails (one part of fridge, one part in >> van) and quick connects to allow easy installation and removal. While I >> agree...
• Re: Westy Fridge Performance
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 17 Jul 2001 10:05:31 -0400
  ...Anyway, I never run my fridge on anything but propane --- even while driving. A tank of propane will run the fridge for three weeks...
• Re: Propane powered fridge while driving (?)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 10 Jul 2003 06:33:25 EDT
  In a message dated 7/9/2003 3:43:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > Propane powered fridge while driving...
• Re: New battery is dead
  Historical mailing list - Cullen Stewart
  Mon, 1 Sep 2008 23:41:23 -0400
  It is a weekender, so no fridge! ----- Original Message ----- From: "mdrillock" <mdrillock@cox.net> To: "Cullen Stewart" <cullberly@vermontel.net> Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Re: Dometic Temps
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 20:28:28 -0700
  ...how much mass (food) there is inside the fridge to act against > warming of the fridge air as the van air heats... weather the...
• Re: fridge exhaust cover
  Historical mailing list - ccc1
  Sun, 2 May 2004 21:38:40 -0500
  ...fridge exhaust cover > In a message dated 30/04/2004 12:54:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > > (this is...
• Re: Could compressed natural gas work or be an upgrade for the fridge and stove
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:28:20 -0400
  The fridge uses so little propane gas the effort just is not worth it. Basically propane is a natural gas compressed until it is...
• Re: Westy fridge efficiency in 12v mode
  Historical mailing list - Craig Standley
  Wed, 27 May 1998 11:16:12 -0700
  I think I started this thread-I haven't ever had a propane powered fridge in my Bus, so I assumed that you had...
• Shed one more bit of light on the fridge light, please
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:17:31 -0500
  Recently, I wrote a post in hopes of help troubleshooting my fridge, which wasn't working on 12V. I found the problem to be...