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Subject:Re: Fridge help needed
From:David Beierl
Date:Thu, 3 Oct 2002 12:07:16 -0400

At 11:57 AM 10/3/2002, Sean Garrett wrote:
>I am just now starting to work my way to hooking the fridge back up (I had
>stripped the inside of my 81 Westy).
>When I connected the wire/fuse under the drivers seat the fan began to run.
>I switched the fridge back and forth to all 3 modes. No difference the fan
>kept running.

The fan isn't wired in to any of the fridge controls, only the thermoswitch.

>I had the cabinet out and replaced the fan with the camping world fridge
>mate (I think) replacement last winter. I tested it briefly with my battery
>charger to make sure it worked.

Bad thermoswitch or wired wrong...thermoswitch should close when the upper
coil gets to 140F I believe, and open when it comes down to 125F.

david

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