

| Subject: | Re: joys of new ownership? |
| From: | "Drew B. Farenwald" (SLAD/CBNED) |
| Date: | Tue, 16 Jul 96 5:35:14 EDT |
> 2) My fridge. Me and fridges don't get along. I had it serviced by an RV > outfit. They got it going on 110V and propane, and said everything was okay. > You bet, on Thursday I got it going on 110V and things were nice and cold in > the morning. Before we left I got it going on propane. Took a some doing > which was a little disconcerting. I had been told not to run it on 12V while > riding because it still draws a lot of current. "Turn on the propane and > forget about it until you get home" was the advise I got from more than one > person. When I got set up at camp fridge wasn't on. I wasn't out of propane > because I got the stove going. I then went through the whole procedure of > getting the fridge going again and sure enough it lit and stayed on all night. > I discovered that the fridge would turn off when I was *driving* because when we > got to the trail head of our hike it was off again! Obviously the pilot light > was being snuffed out. Again, can anyone identify with this? Is > there a solution? My manual recommends: - 110V to chill down before leaving - 12V whilst in route (The alternater is supposed to balance the draw on the coach battery; and, in fact, does on mine. In fact, I can run around town on 12V, make parking stops, and not notice any significant drop in coach voltage.) - Propane after setup. Must be within 3^ of level. --Drew 95 EV-C (Behula)
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