First question: I have an 84 Westy with a Dometic 182 refrigerator. It will not operate on gas at above about 4,000 feet. I usually camp above 8,000 ft. I understand there is a fitting that is intended to permit operation at high altitudes but have heard that (1) it is not available and (2) once installed, the refrigerator fails to operate on gas at any altitude! Suggestions or sources, anyone? Second question: I have an auxiliary or "house" battery, starting variety, under the driver's seat. It operates the refrigerator even when the ignition is off. Great for stop and go driving. At altitude, I inadvertently left the refrigerator on DC all night (more than 8 hours) at an exterior temperature below freezing. It operated the refrigerator all night (freezing a quart of milk). Yet, on this list I read that the refrigerator operates continuously irrespective of the temperature it obtains. If so, within a few hours it should have drained that battery, at 7 amps per hour, but it did not. Explanation, anyone? |
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