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alan 869
Joined: 07 Mar 2011
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Location: Linköping Sweden
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 Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:49 am Post subject: Re: Door swap - reality television or vintage caravan realit |
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| Stirling-in-Oz wrote: | Hi all,
Loving the idea about the door swap, or alternatively to have it fitted out on 12V / 240V. Am toying with prospect of a quiet diesel generator to run and supply power to the van when out bush, using gas for stove and oven only. Oh, I am also toying with the idea of an instant water heater hidden away in one of the cupboards.
Just as an aside, got the old Whale hand pump working beautifully - works like new. |
Could prove difficult to get a fridge to match the door but worth looking out for. As you say, I think you will need other power supplies and refridgeration to contend with the temperatures. The van wasn´t built with Aus in mind 
Whale must have made thousands of the angled hand pump. Most of the swedish vans of the 60s had them. I´ve got 2 that work very well. They usually -fur- up like a kettle if left with water in them. Especially if the water has a lot of minerals in it.
Keep up the good work and keep the pics coming  |
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troutrunner
Joined: 03 Dec 2012
Posts: 185
Location: South Lincolnshire
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| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:18 am Post subject: Re: The fridge saga is resolving now |
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| Stirling-in-Oz wrote: | the hottest day since records began 150 years ago.
So its timely to be talking fridges with people in the Northern Hemisphere who are in the middle of an undoubtedly cold winter. I'd take the cold any day.
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Funny really this winter, we were told it was to be a bad one but as of yet it's been quite mild, not like two years ago, -9 degrees and didn't seem to budge during the day for a whole month, I nearly died in my old caravan Brrrrrrrrrrrrr 
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1937 Ford Model Y.
1939 Austin 10.
1955 Austin A30.
1958 Ford 300E van.
1961 Austin A40.
1964 Wolseley Hornet.
1965 Series2a Land Rover.
1968 Wolseley Hornet.
1994 Peugeot 405 Est. 2of.
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alan 869
Joined: 07 Mar 2011
Posts: 388
Location: Linköping Sweden
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| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Just read the flyer for the evening paper. -Cold air from Russia expected in the next day or so. Snow and -20C- |
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Stirling-in-Oz
Joined: 08 Oct 2012
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| Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:33 pm Post subject: Closing the loop on the fridge |
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I am pleased to say that the original fridge in perfect working order is now back in its rightful place in the van. It was tested by 'The Gas Man' who said it froze water wonderfully and worked like a treat. I had it modified for safety also, adding a thermo-electric cut-off valve if the pilot light is extinguished by mistake (happens a lot in Aus with bogong moths who fly into the pilot light) and piezo ignition - yay, no more burning wicks under the fridge.
On a technical note, the Electrolux fridge was pre-60s (probably old stock sitting around in the factory at the time of building in the mod 1960s) and has 'stone wall' insulation (pre-fibreglass) with the fibres made up from pulverised blue stone, whatever that is. Safer than synthetic mineral fibres, according to the Gas Man. The fridge had a Clickson Valve, heated up by the burning wick to allow gas to release through the jet and ignite the pilot flame. In order to replace the wick system with piezo ignition, the Clickson valve had to be removed completely (I now have the original parts in a bag if anyone is interested?). It was then a matter of putting the thermoelectric safety valve into the gas line via a thermocouple sitting in the flame itself. As a final safety measure, I have discretely installed a carbon monoxide sensor (from Britain, actually - the only one that meets ISO and therefore Australian standards - funnily enough, the ones made here don't meet Australian standards!!!). I will now be able to run the fridge on hot nights safely, although will only do this when absolutely necessary.
BTW - I have established that the old heater is a Royal Minor type. It is illegal to run a flue-less gas heater indoors in Australia, so again I am looking at placing an electrical heater element inside the shell so it looks original and can be used safely. I can run the heater element off mains 240 volts. |
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alan 869
Joined: 07 Mar 2011
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Location: Linköping Sweden
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| Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Great news. That should see you now. Nice to know that you have a period fridge that is safe |
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