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  • Re: New Coleman oven
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Fri, 6 Oct 2006 21:08:52 -0400
    ...The thermometer goes to 500, looks big enough to > bake a cake or a couple loaves of bread in. Says it takes a standard...
  • new thermostat installed- now i have a question.
    Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
    Mon, 5 Mar 2001 09:34:07 -0800
    ...I tested the old thermostat with a NIST traceable thermometer and it started to open at 160F!! Yikes! So that was certainly the problem...
  • Re: Outhouse fan
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:02:28 -0700
    ...A lab assistant (preferably named "Beaker," [although "Inga," as played by a young Teri Garr, is another option]) could be helpful. *Three-buck thermometer...
  • Oil Temp revisted (unfortunately)
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 30 Jul 1995 01:21:12 -0500
    ...Type 4 engine (250esque)?? I have yet to stick a lab thermometer in the dipstick hole and see if its pretty close to correct...
  • Re: Outhouse fan
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:43:41 -0700
    Mark Drillock typed: > I have a thermometer permanently mounted inside the fridge on the side > wall. I only look at it if I have...
  • Re: Westfalia refrigerator issues
    Historical mailing list - george jannini
    Tue, 24 May 2011 12:02:37 -0400
    ...I use a wireless indoor outdoor thermometer to monitor what's going on inside the box, and have installed two switched muffin fans. One...
  • A/C Performance in '91 GL
    Historical mailing list - Herb Harmison
    Sat, 10 Aug 2002 23:14:11 -0500
    ...I have a thermometer in the ducting just in front of the driver to monitor the output air temperature. When running with all the...
  • Re: 85 Westy cooling system
    Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
    Sat, 20 Nov 1999 15:38:36 EST
    ...on? Here is my >problem: > >It all started last june. >Symptoms: thermometer got high (8/10th of dial) in a trafic jam ...... ___________________________________________________________________ Get the...
  • Propane Gauges
    Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
    Mon, 16 May 2005 02:40:43 -0400
    ...think a better solution might be the stick-on liquid crystal thermometers used for barbque tanks which sense the liquid level by where on...
  • Re: Just how cold should that fridge get?
    Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
    Sun, 30 Jun 1996 20:04:21 -0700
    ...generally keep the inside temperature at 34 degrees, >according to the thermometer. What generally keeps fridges from getting >this cold is lack of air...
  • Re: Overhead console?
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Sun, 8 Feb 2009 10:38:20 -0600
    I would like to find (in a junkyard) an overhead console with a thermometer and electronic compass that I could extract and mount into...
  • Re: 86 hot temp gauge---was '86 Westy cranking trouble
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:33:59 -0700
    ...Mark Dan Hall wrote: > Borrowed three meat thermometers out of the kitchen drawer and opened > up the expansion tank and stuck 'em in, catching...
  • Re: IR Temp guns - use with caution
    Historical mailing list - David
    Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:45:11 -0600
    ...Rolling a kitchen thermometer across > it demonstrated that the temperature was in fact above 200F. On > substituting a sheet of aluminum foil for the...
  • Re: rad shack voltmeter/thermometer on sale
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Tue, 12 Apr 2005 15:59:12 -0400
    all the stores in close distance to my house showed them but there was only the one on the shelf at the closest store...
  • Re: Friday topic: what is your favorite low (or no) dollar modification?
    Historical mailing list - Thomas Myers
    Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:08:02 -0400
    Definitely the Radio Shack indoor/outdoor thermometer/ voltmeter on the fridge $11.00 [?] Second would be the extra 12volt outlet I mounted in the...
  • Re: Rear windo seal replacement tips
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sun, 16 Oct 2016 12:27:35 +0000
    ...My talking thermometer showed the window > temp clime quickly from 50 to 62. I turned it off then feeling confident > it now works. > > Also...
  • FIXED Fridge 12V operation
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:38:31 -0500
    ...case, or if just messing with connections made the difference), a thermometer placed on the ice cube plate came down from 70 to 40...
  • Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: Oil temp gauges, choices? Using water temp sender + gauge?
    Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
    Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:02:44 -0700
    ...off as I experienced when comparing gauge+sender readings to lab thermometer readings. Another fault is that the damping of the gauge needle seems...
  • Re: Overheating problem 91 2.1
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sat, 5 Mar 2011 13:49:09 -0500
    ...it mostly with water or fully with coolant mix and a thermometer: should start to open around 185F/85C and be fully open (minimum...
  • Re: Summer's coming and my van is getting hotter than ever!!
    Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
    Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:18:50 -0700
    ...I wonder if that Radioshack IR thermometer is still on sale... john
  • Re: [Syncro] PERFECT wireless thermometer for the westfalia fridge!
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:03:55 -0400
    ...I had a thermometer that I used to have mounted just > above the fridge and on the left side of the face of the...
  • Re: Temp gauge reading to low
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Thu, 17 Oct 2019 19:16:54 -0700
    ...open? you have to check temp at the radiator using a > thermometer gun... > > I had a similar case... solved by adding ground at the...
  • Re: Vanagon engine fire or mishap in Roanoke, Va
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 5 Dec 2010 13:41:19 -0500
    ...Come to think of it, a spare steam iron and an IR thermometer would be close to ideal. Pretty sure my iron can make...
  • Re: IR Temp guns - use with caution
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:49:43 -0800
    ...Rolling a kitchen thermometer across > it demonstrated that the temperature was in fact above 200F. On > substituting a sheet of aluminum foil for the...
  • Re: cooling system sending unit?
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Wed, 5 Apr 2000 14:55:20 -0700
    ...It needs to be removed and heated in water to test, and you need an ohmmeter and thermometer and compare the readings with those...
  • Re: Burps up coolant when parked warm.
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:18:05 -0400
    ...I do have an IR thermometer; I will get some readings next time it happens. What is the temp threshold for low speed supposed...
  • Re: A/C performance with Freeze-12
    Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
    Tue, 18 Jul 2000 07:58:32 -0700
    ...Air temp (measured by thermometer in outlet above > driver's right eye) is running about 28 Fahrenheit degrees below outside > temperature. Is this about...
  • Dometic
    Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
    Mon, 22 May 2006 22:50:13 -0400
    ...I have a remote temp sensor in the fridge a have been monitoring the action on a household thermometer which has a memory function...
  • Re: '91 Vanagon GL, AC is OOC
    Historical mailing list - Neil2
    Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:33:51 -0700
    ...I did indeed use a little cooking > thermometer. > > btw: one of the "coolest" things I like about the Vanagon AC is that I can...
  • Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Wed, 8 Dec 2021 15:47:11 -0500
    ...Tachometer! > So many gauges on these old VW’s! > But no Thermometer! > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 8, 2021, at 2:26 PM...
  • refrigerator
    Historical mailing list - David McNeely
    Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:13:49 -0700
    ...At 10, with ambient at 65 F, the refrigerator fins were frosted over, and the thermometer in the bottom of the refrigerator read -1...
  • Re: Temperature Sensative Sliding Door
    Historical mailing list - tonyd
    Wed, 7 Oct 1998 12:31:15 +0000
    ...What's up with this??? Is it just the grease viscosity on the > rear > latch mechanizim? Is the door a giant bi-metal thermometer...
  • 85 Westy cooling system
    Historical mailing list - Michel J Tremblay
    Sat, 20 Nov 1999 09:08:25 -0500
    ...on? Here is my problem: It all started last june. Symptoms: thermometer got high (8/10th of dial) in a trafic jam (never happened...
  • Installed Int/Ext Air Temp Gauge - pics
    Historical mailing list - Todd Brown
    Tue, 25 May 2010 11:00:06 -0700
    Bought an inexpensive ($14.95) Oregon Scientific lighted int/ext thermometer/clock/alarm clock and thought I'd share this minor project's installation...
  • Re: Tire pressure question 2
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Sun, 31 Jul 2005 11:05:38 -0700
    ...Correct tire pressure I've also used another method to double check my tire inflation, a small infrared remote reading thermometer from Radio Shack...
  • Re: Thermostat Woes
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sat, 7 Jan 2012 19:31:59 -0500
    ...If there's seriously no motion at all by 93C I would call that a problem (possibly in your thermometer, though. Vigorously boiling water...
  • Re: Cooling system drivel (not so long)
    Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
    Thu, 16 Feb 1995 08:23:00 CST6CDT
    ...stick a thermometer in the coolant reservoir jug when its fully warmed up (watch for hot anti-freeze spraying out when you loosen cap...
  • Oil *Smell*?, paint restoration/preservation
    Historical mailing list - bill (w.r.) crick
    Thu, 11 Apr 1996 10:30:00 -0400
    ...Is this normal? Could I measure oil temp with a long thermometer through the dipstick hole? What temp, under what conditions? Second question: My...
  • Re: dometic preformance, was Re: Kitchen out; Any suggestions?
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:22:36 -0700
    ...I bought one of those remote thermometers, a physically small one. I put the "outside" probe in the refrigerator and used velcro to attach...
  • Newer Vanagon Technology in older Vanagons?
    Historical mailing list - Kyle Davis
    Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:03:21 -0700
    ...Been thinking the ideal digital read out guages to put in my extra dash slots on my westy would be thermometers, one for inside...
  • Thermometers was One More 'Fridge Thread
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:13:58 -0700
    If you look around you can still find the stuff from Oregon Scientific (and others) that will take more than one remote temp sensor...
  • Re: One More 'Fridge Thread
    Historical mailing list - neil
    Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:43:12 -0700
    One of the first purchases I made for my Westy, was a remote thermometer from RS. It gives ambient temp in van as well...
  • Re: How to Keep Cool in Your Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - george jannini
    Sat, 19 Apr 2003 19:49:50 -0400
    ...One hot day in June our AC failed and the thermometer that I have mounted on the cab roof near the rear view mirror...
  • Re: Propane and refrigerator success
    Historical mailing list - george jannini
    Sun, 28 Jun 2015 20:04:44 -0400
    ...Overnight, a thermometer set on the top shelf on the right side, will generally read 29°. If I can't plug in, running on...
  • Re: Inline Heaters
    Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
    Thu, 12 Jan 1995 21:30:31 -0800 (PST)
    ...Now I just gotta get some wire and a thermometer to finish setting it and and conduct some tests. Specifically, how long it takes...
  • Re: westy frig??
    Historical mailing list - W. Silva
    Fri, 9 May 1997 21:12:35 -0400
    ...we were watching it with one of those indoor/outdoor digital thermometer thingys from Radio Shack. I was just informed today by a RV...
  • Re: What about this for checking the battery level
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:19:15 -0500
    ...https://www.amazon.com/VIGORWORK-Thermometer-Voltmeter-Temperature-Backlight/dp/B077XH9L6H/ref=sr_1_11 It just has 2 displays that you can switch...
  • Re: parking lot turducken ...as it were - ovens?
    Historical mailing list - Michael Rasmussen
    Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:06:38 -0800
    ...They are also unregulated so you need to keep an eye on the thermometer and adjust the underlying stove frequently. My particular use case...
  • Re: Fridge Kaput?
    Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
    Wed, 14 Jun 2000 04:50:42 -0400
    ...power at the outlet next to the fridge, I have a > thermometer in there, 60 Farenheit, I checked the two fuses behind the > driver...
  • Re: Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster? Now IR thermometers....
    Historical mailing list - Mike
    Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:20:37 -0400
    You're correct in assuming that the rubber hose temp would be something less than the temp of the coolant flowing through it. The...
  • refrigerator removal and fan upgrades?
    Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
    Fri, 7 Mar 2003 08:53:31 -0800
    ...quieter, add a small fan inside the box, and add a thermometer to monitor box temperature. First question... The Bentley book makes it look...
  • Re: Overheating symptoms?
    Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
    Wed, 20 Mar 1996 13:17:50 -0800 (PST)
    ...I don't yet > have any of the temp sensors, but I have a nice little oven thermometer > that I've stuck into the...
  • Re: Scoop for breather?
    Historical mailing list - The Gunnings
    Sat, 5 Aug 2000 15:00:41 -0400
    ...More Faster Accumulating Rust It might be interesting to rig a thermometer so that it could be moved to different engine compartment locations, w...
  • Electric door lock problems with '90 Carat
    Historical mailing list - Greg Kriss
    Mon, 6 Jan 2003 18:03:38 -0500
    ...When the thermometer diips to below freezing, and I go to lock the driver's door lock, all the locks close and then a...
  • Re: rad shack voltmeter/thermometer on sale
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Thu, 21 Apr 2005 21:00:07 -0400
    When not plugged into 12v, the light only comes on when you press the big round "light" button. Stays on a few seconds, then...
  • Re: about fridge...
    Historical mailing list - Mudd 'Not Jack' Sparrow
    Thu, 7 May 2015 08:27:38 -0700
    ...The ARB is a strong > second with more modern features, built in thermometer ,digital setting and > positive latch removable top along with a light...
  • Re: rad shack voltmeter/thermometer on sale
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Thu, 21 Apr 2005 21:57:47 -0400
    I put the unit in a shadowed area and find the display to be pretty good. Seems like even when I had tested it...
  • Re: Westy Fridge Project
    Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
    Mon, 17 May 1999 07:11:30 -8
    ...I hope everyone has been able > >> >to locate a suitable thermometer. Mine came from a local supermarket, > >> >$4, EKCO Premium Refrigerator & Freezer Thermometer. I...
  • Re: Ignition Cables, unplugging from distributor
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:03:50 -0400
    ...a miss? thanks, mcneely It's better to use an IR thermometer to see if any exhaust pipes are cold, or (this isn't...
  • Re: Passed smog!
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:41:51 -0700
    ...I'll get an infrared thermometer so that I > have an objective number by which to judge. > > > > Now on to the other 1001 things...