that's what I said in my post.
it's one of those two fuses ...
if your van has kitchen fuses there behind the driver's seat.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Mcneely" <mcneely4@COX.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: Another naive battery question

> 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
>
> --
> David McNeely