Ditto here. In addition to verifying the amperages, I was able to semi- quantitatively assess the airflows using an air velocity meter. The stock Dometic and the Fridgemate had roughly the same airflow, while the 3 muffin fans I checked all had substantially less. I installed the Fridgemate fan and it seems to be significantly superior to the stock Dometic in performance (based on on-off cycle times) and dramatically quieter than the Dometic (I rarely hear it, period). -Wes Date sent: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 17:56:58 -0700 From: Mark Drillock <drillock@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Adding Fridge Fans > I found similar results. The Fridgemate fan works great even in 100 > degree plus weather and is much cheaper than I could get a stock Dometic > fan for. I have installed several in other people's Westys. Do not use > the thermo switch that comes with the Fridgemate as it runs the fan too > much and will never shut off if you camp in very hot weather. Use the > stock fin mounted switch and discard the Fridgemate one. > > Mark > > David Beierl wrote: > > > A Dometic fan drawing 220 ma is not "stock" for the RM182B -- 60 ma is a > > lot closer (I think it's specified as 0.67watts, too lazy to check). The > > 220 ma fan is either not stock or is shorted internally. My rough > > blow-in-the-face estimates are that the Dometic *standard* fan and the > > FridgeMate are similar, with some advantage to the FridgeMate (as well as > > it's much lower noise). > > > > :) > > david > > David Beierl - Providence, RI > > http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ > > '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" > > '85 GL "Poor Relation" >
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