At 09:27 PM 8/14/2012, Tom Carchrae wrote:
>Our fridge didn't work on a recent trip and I suspect the cause was
>the battery was too low.  I think there may be a trip in there that
>stops the gas from working if there is not enough power for the rear

Hi Tom - no, there is not.  The fan is connected only to the
thermo-switch on the rear upper fins and to twelve volts.

The gas valve is entirely controlled (latched on) by the current from
the hot thermouple resting in the burner flame.

Yours,
David