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MikeHamling wrote:Hello mate. I am just replacing an old electrolux 3 way fridge with a newer one. The old one had a 12v re-igniter but the new one has a manual "clicker" The old one was never wired up to the 12v leisure battery which suits me fine, just hook the van up at home for 24hrs, get the fridge cold, drive to where I'm going & hook up again or run on gas.
My point is i now have a spare 12v feed that used to power the re-igniter. Could I use that for the 12v power feed? I'm worried because the cables are really thin and my knowledge of electrics get fuzzy when it comes to things drawing to many amps and heating cables up and causing a fire!
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Racevan Mad wrote:MikeHamling wrote:Hello mate. I am just replacing an old electrolux 3 way fridge with a newer one. The old one had a 12v re-igniter but the new one has a manual "clicker" The old one was never wired up to the 12v leisure battery which suits me fine, just hook the van up at home for 24hrs, get the fridge cold, drive to where I'm going & hook up again or run on gas.
My point is i now have a spare 12v feed that used to power the re-igniter. Could I use that for the 12v power feed? I'm worried because the cables are really thin and my knowledge of electrics get fuzzy when it comes to things drawing to many amps and heating cables up and causing a fire!
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Hi mikeHamling Do you have any plans for the fridge you taking out as im on the hunt for a fridge for my conversion?
CamperVanBeethoven wrote:Hi mafty,
What are the laws/regulations on doing your own gas work? If I redo the pipework to add to the fridge, does the whole gas installation need redone to up to date specs?
If so, does 'up to date' involve making sure the gas cylinder compartment is (apart from gas drain vent, of course) sealed and only accessible from the outside? Currently it is just secured to body with plastic strap in back of van, with drain vent next to it. Van is a Leisure Drives conversion from 1998 ... Acceptable in the Nineties but not now?
Every appliance is supposed to have its own shut off valve, and it's best practice to have this near the cylinder, but is that a requirement? (I was just going to tee off a connection with a shut off valve from the pipe going to the hob). Are you allowed to use flexible hose as long as it's on the low pressure side? Would like to be able to take fridge out if necessary.
Thanks ... hope you can answer some of those questions. Can supply pictures tomorrow if you want to see what I mean
CamperVanBeethoven wrote:Hi mafty,
What are the laws/regulations on doing your own gas work? If I redo the pipework to add to the fridge, does the whole gas installation need redone to up to date specs?
If so, does 'up to date' involve making sure the gas cylinder compartment is (apart from gas drain vent, of course) sealed and only accessible from the outside? Currently it is just secured to body with plastic strap in back of van, with drain vent next to it. Van is a Leisure Drives conversion from 1998 ... Acceptable in the Nineties but not now?
Every appliance is supposed to have its own shut off valve, and it's best practice to have this near the cylinder, but is that a requirement? (I was just going to tee off a connection with a shut off valve from the pipe going to the hob). Are you allowed to use flexible hose as long as it's on the low pressure side? Would like to be able to take fridge out if necessary.
Thanks ... hope you can answer some of those questions. Can supply pictures tomorrow if you want to see what I mean
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