The analog indicator for the fridge was only used between 80-VERY early 82
(Dometic Model RM182 & RM182A).  It was discontinued and moved to the LED
indicator board on the left bank of LED's at the very bottom LED (the color
could either be Green or Red - I have a red one of an 82, my 84 is green),
which can be hard to read during a bright daytime.
--
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
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On 5/23/07, Don Hanson <dhanson@gorge.net> wrote:
>
> I guess Helmut and Franz, over dere in Westphalia, never cooked any
> strudle in the engineering department while designing the cook-top..They
> certainly did a very fine job on most of the rest of the Westy interior,
> though.  The stove burner knob settings are a bit weird, what with the
> "low"
> setting being 'past' the high settings.  I bet, over the life of the
> design
> that feature has been responsible for some blown up vans..People turning
> the
> flame control knob and seeing the flame diminish..thinking "Hey, it's at
> the
> stop, it will go off, or it is off.".and closing down the top with the gas
> still on "low"..
> I really like the Dometic propane operation "indicator" on my particular
> fridge...It has a small analog 'scale' with a needle that moves across the
> face of a dial near the Gas On control knob.  If the fridge doesn't fire,
> the needle doesn't move..If it doesn't stay lit, the needle falls back out
> of the "green zone"..(Hey, wonder if that is where the Gov. got the term
> "Green Zone" for the little portion of Iraq that is usually
> operative?...Bush's war seems to be  similar to trying to light a
> Dometic..."Click, click, click, click...Look...nothing"..Repeat..
> endlessly..)
>   Anyhow, that type analog indicator, I've not seen on any other
> Dometic..they mostly have those crappy tiny little windows that have a
> prism
> or a mirror to let you "see" the flame...down on your knees, with the
> window
> shaded by your hands, peering in there....Hate that...
> Don Hanson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alistair Bell" <albell@uvic.ca>
> To: "Don Hanson" <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
> Cc: "vanagon vanagon" <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 7:50 AM
> Subject: Re: Stove top grills?
>
>
> > I got some Italian units from a fellow list member. They are simple
> > wire things, sort of a rounded 4 point star. work well. See here:
> >
> > http://www.members.shaw.ca/bilbo/Mikevan.html
> >
> > (notice the perforated kind too)
> >
> > the other kind, sheet metal VW logo can be seen here:
> >
> > http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/mods11.html
> >
> > the word is that the VW logo warps though :(
> >
> > Alistair
> >
> >
> > '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
> > http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/
> >
> >
> > On 23-May-07, at 7:30 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
> >
> > On the sink/stove unit I have, the two burner grills seem pretty
> > minimal.  I think these are stock, but a lot of my small cooking
> > stuff won't sit on the grilles, because there isn't enough support.
> > The center 'hole' is too large.. Anyone else find this?  Anyone have
> > a fix that is easy?  I guess I could cut a couple of wire donuts from
> > some S.S. mesh or something..
> >    Don hanson