Date:         Sun, 16 Sep 2001 13:00:07 -0700
Reply-To:     ForestDweller <seattlesalamander@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         ForestDweller <seattlesalamander@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      dometic fridge
Comments: cc: toddg@altavista.net
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Hey everyone,
I've got a grim looking dometic fridge. It hasn't worked since I purchased the
rig...so this afternoon I pulled it out. It looks to be pretty rusted, one
gasket that I saw was totally cruddy and cracked. Right now I feel pretty lucky
that it never started (and never caught my van afire). Neither the
LP/112/12volt options ever produced any real effect. Once, I left the thing
plugged in to shore power overnight, and I thought the interior might have been
a bit cooler than when I started, but the temp differential was so slight I
could have immagined it.

I'm thinking now that if the sticker shock isn't too high, perhaps a new fridge
is in order, which leads me to the following questions:

Q: Has anyone out there refurbished a vw (dometic) fridge? If so, how painful
and how costly was this opperation? Key question, would you do it again?

Q: If I have to replace the fridge, should I go w/ dometic or are there
replacement alternatives?

Thanks in advance.
-Todd
'80 Westy "Old Blue"
'94 Toyota P/U

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