At 09:06 AM 7/17/2002, Rodney Woten wrote:
>Apparently the fan on the fridge is only 12 volt.

Correct.

>  I was operating under the assumption that the fan was dual voltage
> depending on what mode the fridge was running in.  Is my fridge running
> properly or is something in it's wiring snafu??  Doesn't it seem that
> this would be hard on batteries???  I'm wondering if this wasn't some of
> the cause of my battery drain???

The stock fan draws about 60 milliamps, or about 1.4 amp-hours per 24 hours
run time -- over a period of weeks this could draw your battery down.  It
happens sometimes to folks in hot places where the sun shines on the side
of the van and triggers the fan for long periods.

david

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