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Subject:Re: Refrigerator wiring
From:neil
Date:Wed, 4 Jul 2007 10:05:25 -0700

What year is your van?

Neil.

On 7/4/07, Paul Chubbuck <paul@takingflight.net> wrote:
> In my attempts to improve the efficiency of my old Dometic, I added a small
> interior fan, a larger rear fan, and an manual override switch for the rear
> fan.
>
> I just noticed that if one or both of the fans is on, I get a "false
> positive" flame light.  In other words, the green light indicating flame is
> glowing even if the flame isn't.  Turning off the fan(s), it still works
> correctly.
>
> I'm a "by guess and by God" kind of electrician, so I'm guessing that I
> inadvertantly tapped into the wrong live wire (it is yellow) when looking
> for an electrical supply on the refrigerators top electrical panel.  Can
> anyone help me understand what I did wrong and how to find a live wire that
> won't affect anything else negatively?  If it helps, the ground I tapped
> into was blue.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>

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