Mark,
What are you getting for optimum voltage at the 12V element? Did you
rewire or just clean up and reground your existing setup?

Jeff

On Feb 13, 2007, at 10:50 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:09:45 -0800
> From:    Mark Drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
> Subject: Re: Fridge=Beer
>
> The other option is to repair the 12 volts fridge wiring so it works
> well on 12 volts like it did when new.
>
> I did that and now it ices up driving on 12 volts like it does on
> propane. Also I added a separate red led to the Westy kitchen
> cabinet by
> the stove knobs that tells me when there is 12 volts on the 12 volt
> element of the fridge. That way I can let it run on 12 volts even with
> the engine off for those stops Frank talks about as well as tell it is
> set to 12 volts even without opening the door to check and letting the
> cold out. Also at the same time I ran test leads directly from the 12
> volt element so I can measure exactly what voltage the element is
> really
> getting. That is the real problem. The wiring degrades over 15-20
> years
> and the fridge stops cooling as well on 12 volts if it even cools at
> all. The power wires as well as the fridge ground wire must be making
> good connections or the voltage at the element will be too low for
> decent cooling.
>
> Mark
> cold beer is a good thing