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Subject:Re: GoWesty fridge modification -- which way around?
From:Stuart Hertzog
Date:Sun, 6 Aug 2017 10:16:02 -0700

Thanks Alistair! Once more into the cabinets.... 😣

Stuart

> Alistair Bell <mailto:albell@shaw.ca>
> August 6, 2017 at 9:54 AM
> Give the check valve the old " blow and suck" test :-)
> Install so the pump pushes air to chamber, but on pump back stroke the
> air doesn't get pulled back.
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> Alistair
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> Stuart Hertzog <mailto:stuart@stuzog.com>
> August 6, 2017 at 9:27 AM
> Hi folks,
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> I'm unable to light the Dometic 182B fridge in my '84 Westie since I
> fitted the GoWesty modification and upgraded fan. My question is:
> which way round does it fit? Following the size of the supplies short
> hoses, it would seem to indicate that the tapered end should face the
> air pump, but I received a message from GoWesty, which I cannot find
> again, that it may be the other way round. The one-way vale is shaped
> like a spinning top, with one flat and one rounded end. Anyone know
> which way it goes?
>
> Stuart