It is a 1982 (formerly diesel, now converted).  The refrigerator is a
Dometic RM182A.

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: neil [mailto:musomuso@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 11:05 AM
To: Paul Chubbuck
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: Re: Refrigerator wiring

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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Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.

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