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Subject:Re: Fridge question
From:neil n
Date:Tue, 4 Sep 2012 20:54:05 -0700

This might be mentioned in the video, but here's a few things that
have hung me up from time to time:

- fridge coming out or going in; finding correct angle of tilt so
exhaust and intake pipes clear the upper rear portion of cabinetry and
bottom doesn't bind on support ledges.

- lining up and threading the LP connection to fridge. (Once started,
nut should turn by hand. Adjusting angle of pipe a little can help
line threads up. Once nut started, wiggling pipe a little may help nut
turn by hand)

- if manifold got misaligned due the above, lining up manifold so
those two fine threaded screws go in w/o cross threading (be careful
of this. And don't drop one down the intake or exhaust pipe!   ;^)

Pick a nice cool day to do this job.    :)

Neil.

On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 6:21 PM, tom ring <taring@taring.org> wrote:
> I have read quite a bit on the fridge and I think I know the answer, but I'd
> like confirmation.
>
> My fridge works fine on 120 and propane but poorly on 12 volts.  I have checked
> and it draws 6.3 amps on "12" volts which seems to be as expected.
>
> I assume I need to pull it and investigate.
>
> Just how much of a pain will this be?  Looks not too bad but for the
> surrounding insulation.
>
> tom
>
>
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW  EN34hx
> taring@taring.org
>
> What happens if a big asteroid hits the Earth?  Judging from realistic
> simulations
> involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can
> assume it will
> be pretty bad.
>                 - Dave Barry
> -----------------------------------------

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