The little torpedo fuses on the bulkhead behind the driver's seat in my Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile are for the "kitchen."  Does that include the exhaust fan for the refrigerator?  If so, which fuse for that?  It struck me that if this fuse box covers the exhaust fan, then that would be the simplest location to render the fan off line so it stops draining the battery when parked in the brutal heat we're having (110 again today).  Of course, I needed to do this weeks ago.

mcneely

---- Michael Snow <slowmachine82@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> On 8/24/11 11:55 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
> > It has been brutally hot here (central Oklahoma) this summer.  Heat is hard on batteries.  But heat adds another dimension to battery problems with the camper (1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile).  When the van sits in the sun the refrigerator exhaust fan runs.  I've noticed it before, but this summer, with days and days of 110 F temperatures, it has run a lot.  (1) How much of a drain on the battery is that, and (2) would it make sense to disconnect the fan if the thing is going to sit for a while.  Actually, I can't think of anything in my van that needs to be "online," so would it make sense simply to disconnect one battery post (easier to get to than the refrigerator fan).  Or, I could just pull the proper fuse.
> >
>
> When I lived in the Arizona desert, the fridge fan would run my battery
> down below the level needed to start my diesel Westy in a couple of
> weeks.  I learned to disconnect the battery if I wasn't going to drive
> it often enough.
>
> Mike

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David McNeely