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Subject:Re: Propane and refrigerator success
From:Larry Alofs
Date:Sat, 27 Jun 2015 10:00:40 -0400

And not resetting the trip odometer while the van is moving?

On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> Unless someone can come up with a scenario where air can get into a
> sealed and pressurized propane line, I declare running the stove to
> light the refigerator as being in the same category as holding your
> tongue just right.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
> On 06/26/2015 05:56 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
>
>> No need. The stove and the fridge are on separate gas "circuits"
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 7:29 PM PB <pbrattan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Oh - one more hint they gave me, and I think the manual said the same
>>> thing:  Light the stove first.  Once the propane is actually running in
>>> the
>>> stove, the fridge will start more easily.
>>>
>>