Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 18:41:02 -0900
Reply-To: Mike Moery <mike.moery@ACSALASKA.NET>
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From: Mike Moery <mike.moery@ACSALASKA.NET>
Subject: Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
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Sorry, I didn't realize that the Dometics in these vans weren't all the
same. 'Course, up here this time of year, keeping food cold in the
'fridge isn't a problem. Keeping it from freezing solid, on the other
hand...
-Mike Moery
Anchorage, AK
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Tim Hannink
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 3:52 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
My particular model Dometic fridge does not run on propane, only 12 VDC
and 110 VAC as I stated in my original message. Since I don't have the
"luxury" of swapping over to propane when parked, the auxiliary battery
installation becomes more of an issue for me. VW chose to install a
regular starting battery and a relay system in my camper which works
great 98% of the time. It doesn't work as well when you need to stop for
more than a couple of hours somewhere. I'm not trying to run the fridge
all night, just 6-8 hours every once in a while (like when I am at the
beach), and with the stock set-up, you can't do that (well, you can do
it once).
Tim Hannink
Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
Winter Park, Florida
http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Mike Moery
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 11:40 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
Why would you run the 'fridge on a battery anyway? It works much better
on propane, and just takes a minute to light.
<SNIP>
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Tim Hannink
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 9:08 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
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Since the refrigerator in the Wolfsburg Camper model runs on only 110VAC
and 12VDC, some people
(including me) tend to leave it plugged in while parked, totally
dis-charging the auxiliary battery.
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