In a message dated 19/05/2009 9:09:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

        The fridge does NOT  "normally" blow out while driving !  If it
does there is a problem that  needs to be repaired.  If all is as it was
designed then it will not blow  out.  I have driven thousands of km with my fridge
running and it does  not blow out.  I just finished an 18,000 km trip from
home throughout  Mexico and the US and back home.  See my _BacalarBlog_
(http://poolio.net/bacalarblog/) . Fridge was lit on  November 20 and shut off
May 10.  It ran steady the entire time without  ever blowing out.  I've owned
my Westy now for over 18 years and have  always driven with the fridge lit.
 The times it blew out while driving  were due to a leak in the air
intake/exhaust system or the fridge needed  servicing.  The fire is in a SEALED
fire box, there is no danger of the  fire getting out !  It is not necessary to
shut it of while in a gas  station or while driving or for any other
circumstances because your paranoid  that some disaster will occur.  Like I said
in the beginning if all  systems are functioning as they were designed then
all will be good !

>>>>It's "normal" for the fridge to blow out during  driving. In all three
of
the Vanagon Westies I've owned, I've had that  experience.

Sure, it doesn't blow out EVERY time, but if the wind is  right...er, wrong
it will blow out.

Might I suggest running it on  12VDC while driving?

And, I'm sure someone will chime in with the  potential danger of having a
running fridge (on propane) at a gas  station.<<<<<

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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