todd the green LED only indicates the burner is lit.  my experience is 12v
will not cool down the fridge it only maitains temp (but not so well).  it
probably works the y get really fussy when they sit without being used.

Dan
I am not an expert these are just my experiences
-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Evans <tsevans@IX.NETCOM.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 7:16 PM
Subject: More on the - '83 Westy Fridge Won't Light

>
>Hello all,
>
>wow such quick responses are great.
>
>Here's where I am at now:
>
>I've got the van plug into 120 and I switched to the appropriate settings
>for the fridge but the LED is not coming on.  I've got a radio plugged into
>the AC outlet and that works so I know power is getting to the van.  The
>sun will be setting soon so I will try to light the fridge again in a
>while.  Are there any tests I can do to make sure the fridge actually works
>at all?  When we first got our Westy we tried to run the fridge off the
>battery while we were driving.  The battery indicator went from green to
>yellow when we switched on the fridge.  I took that to mean that the fridge
>was drawing power.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>thanks again
>
>Todd Evans