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Subject:fridge....saga continues
From:Don Spence
Date:Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:10:14 -0700

uh, left hand thread on the propane fitting?

On 12-Nov-08, at 12:51 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:14:50 EST
> From:    Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
> Subject: Re: fridge....saga continues
>
> In a message dated 11/11/2008 4:38:18 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
>
>             Stu,  we have been all through this a number of times
> on the
> phone and emails I sent  you.  Go back and check your old
> messages.  Your not
> paying attention  to details.  I explained to you how to connect 12
> volt power to
> your  fridge.  You do NOT connect anything to the black wire for
> testing.
> That black wire is coming from the thermocouple which produces a
> small current
> that lights the green LED.  I did send you all the info on how that
> thermocouple works !  You connect 12 volt electric to the fridges
> power  terminals just
> like it would be if connected in the van.  I sent you and
> explained to you
> the schematics of which wire is the positive and which is  the
> negative.  Once
> you have 12 volt power connected then you can  activate the
> automatic piezo
> mechanism.
>
>     As for the problem your having with the propane  fitting, I do not
> understand.  All barbecue fittings are a standard size  and the
> same as the fitting
> on the rear of your fridge.
>