I have found that on 12V the refrigerator will not cool down, though it will hold a cold temperature if cooled first on 110V or propane.  mcneely

---- Mike Miller <mwmiller6@ATT.NET> wrote:
> Still see 13 + volts so I'm not sure the electrics are hooked up correctly. The frig light is lit though. Maybe it just takes longer than 3 hrs to cool the thing but the fins inside were only slightly cool and that could have been the result of the cold water bottles I loaded it with.
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> Mike
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> On Aug 25, 2014, at 7:29 AM, Vanagon wrote:
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> > What do you see for a voltage on the house battery with the engine running and the reefer turned on and set to the 12vdc mode?
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> > Sent from over my first cup of coffee.
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> >> On Aug 24, 2014, at 10:36 PM, Mike Miller <mwmiller6@ATT.NET> wrote:
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> >> Vanites,
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> >> Went camping for a week in my 87 Westfakia Syncro TDI. Put the frig on battery for the drive up hoping to get a air flow current started.
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> >> It didn't seem cold when I got there but it did light right off on propane, which normally doesn't happen.
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> >> And my coach battery was almost drained.
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> >> When I measured the voltage at the house batter it was 11.4 or so and the engine battery was 12.5 or so, with the engine off.
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> >> With the engine running the house battery voltage was 13.1 or 2 and the engine battery 13.7 or so, regardless of rpm.
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> >> Bad battery?
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> >> Bad charging relay?
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> >> Bad juju?
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> >> Mike

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David McNeely