Was your Westy retrofitted with a GFCI outlet?

The OEM 110VAC outlets in a Westy are basically the same as those used
in a house. The Westy circuit breaker near the outlet at bench seat,
handles overloads and shorts but it's not a GFCI. Regardless of outlet
type, you obviously need the circuit breaker.   :)

IIRC, the newer Westy circuit breaker panel-button are slightly
different, but on my '81, the plastic circuit breaker button is
snapped off flush to panel. I have to use a pencil or similar to reset
it.

The archives has lots of Dometic info. You might be able to snake a
narrow hose down each flue to clean them but I'm about certain all 182
Dometic fridges have has 3 dimples on the exhaust flue near the
combustion box.  image. Arrows point to dimples, 182A fridge on its
side:

http://tinyurl.com/mw5bnkb

These narrow the ID somewhat so not sure what one would use to get
past those when using a vacuum.

I too have had a mouse die in my grey water bucket. I now use an oil
drain pan similar to this: http://tinyurl.com/ofl7cob   for grey
water. (thank you Phil Zimmerman for the idea!). If need be, I can use
it for emergency oil changes.

Mice will chew wires and other important things! BTDT!

Neil.

On 7/7/14, Trevor Reynolds <gneiss9@gmail.com> wrote:

>  ....    …Nope, it now looks like the GFCI outlet box in the Van is
> the faulty culprit.  When I went to test the GFCI in the small cupboard by
> the bench seat, the test button is solidly stuck.  With this issue, I can’t
> hook up “shore power”.  I’ll be buying a new GFCI outlet this week and
> replacing that 23 year old receptacle.
>
> Ok, so lets try lighting the fridge, as I’ve had a ton of work done in the
> past on my fridge and it should light right away as long as my igniter
> fires;  …Well, the igniter does fire and flame lights but within a few
> seconds it dies.  I’ll add that I had my regulator setting adjusted a few
> years ago to the recommended output pressure of (can’t remember for sure),
> 9psi?!  So, I have propane in the tank, I have an assumed proper pressure
> output and I have ignition but flame is not staying lit, even with safety
> button depressed for a long time.  I’ve tried different temp settings but
> nothing works.  As I load the van, I try a relight every once in a while as
> well as once I’m set up at the campground.  Sometimes my igniter doesn’t
> even fire, other times it’s ready and willing to get the action started.
> Can’t quite figure that one out as the exciter unit was replaced shortly
> after I had the regulator adjusted and should be 100%.  All wires solid and
> good battery on board!  As for the flame problem, I will have to figure out
> a way to clean out the possible cobb webs out of the exhaust stack(s).  I
> can only assume that I have an oxygen issue.  ...Ok, fridge out of service
> until further notice.  We now have to pack a cooler with a couple bags of
> ice.
>
> A couple of nights in camp and now we get ready to go home;  I use a bucket
> for grey water below the sink and as I’m dumping that into the local
> outhouse I notice a drowned mouse in the water.  ...  As I continue to
> tear-down camp this time, I look into the glove compartment and am shocked
> to see that overnight a mouse has found a napkin and has shredded it to make
> a nest in there!  Bugger, how the hell did he get in!?  I can only assume
> that there are openings large enough in the front grill in and around the
> heater core, etc.

-- 
Neil n

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