When I still had the refrigerator, I ran it on battery when underway.  I
only discovered that it was blowing out when I one time when I was moving
camp about five miles, and thought that that one time I would leave the
propane on.  The owner's manual actually states that the vehicle should not
be driven with the propane valve open.  mcneely

On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 7:58 AM Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@gmail.com> wrote:

> I still rely on the battery power for keeping the fridge cold when
> driving.  Works like a champ every time.
> Even have to defrost sometimes.
>
> Steven
> 91 Westy
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 6:16 PM Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> >  The only thing that has allowed my fridge to blow out under way has been
> > flue misalignment. The one exception was driving through a thunderstorm
> on
> > the Gulf of Mexico so violent that it killed 8 sailors nearby at the same
> > time. I had to remove the stove and found leaves blocking the inlet down
> > deep just above the fire box. I am not likely to experience such a thing
> > again, hopefully. That was the last time it blew out, many thousands of
> > miles ago.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > On Jun 30, 2019 at 2:40 PM,  <Alistair Bell (mailto:albell@shaw.ca)>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  I kinda doubt the o ring seal would be an issue. But it’s funny how
> > some of us have little issues with fridge blowing out and others do.
> > >
> > > I have seen kn some vans, the black rubber, the big one, seal not
> > sitting tight to body. That’s more of water etc ingress problem, but mine
> > lies flat and I’ve struggled with other vans getting the same nice tight
> > fit.
> > >
> > > Alistair
> > >
> > > >  On Jun 30, 2019, at 12:16 PM, Neil N  <musomuso@gmail.com>  wrote:
> > > >
> > > >  Thats useful to know; I'm sure I wasn't the only owner-operator to
> > > >  have misaligned the intake and exhaust tubes a little during fridge
> > > >  removal, re install.
> > > >
> > > >  The other part to that equation is the O rings that seal the
> > > >  corrugated intake and exhaust tubes to the (aluminum?) manifold. It
> > > >  was likely a needless thing to do, i.e. the OE rings might well have
> > > >  been fine, but I installed new Viton O rings on those corrugated
> > pipes
> > > >  but was never absolutely certain they were butting right up against
> > > >  the lip inside each opening at the manifold. I measured things with
> > a
> > > >  set of callipers but.....
> > > >
> > > >  Image of manifold "lip"
> > > >
> > > >  https://tinyurl.com/y4trgtb5
> > > >
> > > >  Neil.
> > > >
> > > >>  On 6/30/19, Alistair Bell  <albell@shaw.ca>  wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>  One thing about the exhaust, apart from having good gasket and
> seal,
> > there
> > > >>  is enough meat on the metal to re tap next simple up, for the
> > machine screws
> > > >>  that hold the exhaust and intake ends onto the stainless vent
> > assembly.
> > > >>
> > > >>  Those screw holes can get wallowed out.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  --
> > > >  Neil n
> > > >
> > > >  VE7TBN
> > > >
> > > >  1988 Westy 50º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt
> > > >
> > > >  1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8
> > > >
> > > >  VAG Gas Engine Swap Group  <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
> > >
> >
>