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Subject:Re: An electrical thing I never noticed in 20 years of Westyownership Another Westy Fridge Design Flaw
From:Jim Felder
Date:Sun, 31 Jul 2022 20:41:41 -0500

Yes indeed.

Jim

On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 8:24 PM Gene P <olgreywoof@gmail.com> wrote:

> This could be out of the dumb question bank, but I don’t have a fridge so
> if so I’ll plead ignorance over stupidity …
> Can this be solved by just putting a simple switch in the power line to
> the fridge so you can switch it off when you don’t want it to run?  Seems
> like that temp sensor can go wild and the fan won’t run if there ain’t no
> electrons.  ??
>
> gp
>
> ‘87 T3
> ‘81 R65
> ‘61 TR3
>
> From: Eric Caron
> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2022 6:04 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: An electrical thing I never noticed in 20 years of
> Westyownership Another Westy Fridge Design Flaw
>
> Hi Jim,
>
>
> Yes, That is what I was taught on this list several years ago.  For me it
> has never happened to my knowledge.  I live in Vermont.  Still the sun can
> hit the van in the summer and it could happen.
>
> I have a house battery so that could go dead but the start battery would
> not.
>
> I wish it was not wired that way but not something I’m going to worry
> about.
>
>         In Alabama it is a bigger problem.
>
> Eric Caron
>
>
> > On Jul 31, 2022, at 3:12 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> > the fridge fan temp sensor kicks the fan on, no matter what
> > mode the fridge is in, and there's nothing you can do about it in the
> stock
> > configuration?
>

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