Date:         Tue, 25 Apr 2000 21:46:04 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: Dometic 182 B parts
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At 19:30 4/25/2000, Adam Puzerewski wrote:
>Has anyone had success getting parts for a Dometic 182B prop/elec fridge??
>I need the door gasket and would like to inquire about ice trays,

Don't bother.  The ice trays are cosmetic only.  The pair of them make 16
cubes the size of sugar cubes, and take hours to do it, and only in
moderate weather.  Nice as a demonstration...

>  door
>trays, etc.

The defrosting tray is moderately useful.  The door shelves I think are
quite useful, particularly the bottom one with the metal retaining bar.  It
holds quart containers.

>  I also need a new cooling fan, one of the terminals is shot on
>mine.

RV dealer -- get a Fridge Mate fan for ?$25? -- It's better and *way*
cheaper than the Dometic fan, and quieter too.  Some people have used
electronic box-type fans for this, too.  Watch clearance, the Fridge Mate
has larger blades than the Dometic.  There should be a picture on my
website showing a mod to the Dometic fan bracket to use the Fridge
Mate.  The existing thermo-switch works fine and you can save the one that
comes with the [Fridge Mate] fan for another application.  Unlike every
other wiring in the van, the brown wire is hot...

david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"