per-zackly !   - city water hook up seldom used anyway.
Can always fill water tank through the top with a garden hose.....
less likely to have rain water leaks on side fittings if they're eliminated
,  etc.

----- Original Message -----
From: "craig cowan" <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: From rags to westy in a week.

> Scott that's a great idea! I wasn't going to worry about hookups yet, but
> i
> do like the idea of routing it to behind the license plate.
> I don't plan on installing any water fill or city hookups......for the
> time
> being i'm not even hooking up the water system (the pump's broken), but i
> really do doubt i'll use it all that much. We shall see.
>
> -Craig
> '85GL with rust
> 1980 rust with a camper on top.
>
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
> scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
>> a suggestion on the AC plug receptical.
>> one of my vans has it underneath- on the frame rail , which means you
>> always have to get down on your knees at least to plug in the
>> 110AC.....and
>> if things are wet that's a bother.........etc.
>> A nice location for a 110AC receptical that's naturally weather
>> protected,
>> and not a schlep under the van, is right next to the rear license
>> plate........nice little spot on either side of the rear license  for an
>> outdoor plug, with flip up lid, etc.  And easy to access without getting
>> under the van.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "craig cowan" <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 2:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: From rags to westy in a week.
>>
>>
>>  I agree.....I think the hole has to go in the side for this one. The
>> rest
>>> of
>>> my hookups will be underneith, but there's just no good way of avoiding
>>> that
>>> fridge hole in the side of the van.....
>>> It will be cut.
>>>
>>> -Craig
>>> '85GL (With a propane tank)
>>> '80Westy (without a propane tank)
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Bill Glenn <idahobill@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 07:42:16 -0700, Roger Whittaker <
>>>> rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >the flu for the fridge simply needs to be pointed away from the van
>>>> >so sown and to the side rather than up to the side ...
>>>> >and no holes in the side of the van
>>>>
>>>> I would have to disagree.  Except when manually operating the air pump
>>>> to
>>>> light the refrigerator in propane mode, the fridge is not power vented,
>>>> but
>>>> relies on natural convection.  The heat produced by any of the three
>>>> modes
>>>> of operation results in hot air flowing upward through the exhaust tube
>>>> and
>>>> exiting through the side of the van to the outside air. Since the
>>>> intake
>>>> and exhaust are open only on the ends where they penetrate the wall of
>>>> the
>>>> van, and are otherwise sealed, this same convection in the exhaust is
>>>> responsible for drawing in fresh air through the intake.  Convection
>>>> will
>>>> not occur in an exhaust tube directed downward, with the result that
>>>> the
>>>> fridge would likely not work in any of the three modes, but
>>>> particularly
>>>> in
>>>> propane mode, where, without convection in the exhaust, there would be
>>>> no
>>>> fresh air arriving through the intake for combustion to take place.
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This flow of air will not occur if the venting is routed downward, and
>>>> without it, the fridge will not work in any mode.  Further, this same
>>>> convection in the exhaust also results in fresh air being drawn in for
>>>> combustion when operating on propane.  If you think the Dometic is hard
>>>> to
>>>> light now  Interfere with this design and risk the fridge not working
>>>>
>>>>
>>