Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 01:00:11 +0100
Reply-To: Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM>
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From: Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM>
Subject: Re: Dometic Fridge question
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Stink - dust and grime on the radiator at the back, work even better cleaned
up and degreased
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Heidcamp" <RHeidcamp01@COMM-WORKS.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: Dometic Fridge question
> The fridge has been plugged in since I received an email from Matthew
> Pollard. I just walked over to it. The thing stinks like the smell your
> furnace in your house makes the first time you turn it on in the winter.
> I'm sure this smell will go away with some use and cleaning. But I opened
> the fridge and found the aluminum almost to cold to touch!
>
> Thanks for all the advice.
>
> Ryan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Mathis [mailto:CMathis227@AOL.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 1:08 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Dometic Fridge question
>
>
> I thought mine was broken as well. No sound, no vibration, no nothing.
> Leave it plugged in for about an hour and you should notice it getting
> colder
> inside. Plugged in to 110VAC it will eventually make ice. On 12V it will
> keep stuff inside much cooler than the ambient temp for quite a while. If
> it
> does start making noises you have a problem as there are no moving parts.
>
> Chuck
> '85 Wolfsburg Westy - 'Roland the Road Buffalo'
>
> In a message dated 7/9/02 12:52:33 PM, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
>
> >Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 11:41:52 -0500
> >From: Ryan Heidcamp <RHeidcamp01@COMM-WORKS.COM>
> >Subject: Dometic Fridge question
> >
> >I just received in the mail the fridge for my 85 Westy weekender. Its
> >the cooler looking one that screws down to the floor behind the passenger
> seat.
> >I've been looking for this fridge since I bought my van about two years
> >ago.
> >
> >Anyway I plugged the fridge into a 110 AC outlet here at work and set the
> >fridge to max. Just like the instructions say to. Anyway, I don't here
> >any noise or feel any cooling. I only left the fridge plugged in for a
few
> >minutes. So my question is should I hear, feel something doing
something.
> >If so, what goes wrong with these fridges? I'll pull it apart tonight
> >and dig into it with an multi meter and some 409. Plus test the 12V side
> of
> >things. Of course, I'm making the assumption that the 12V side of things
> >in my bus will work.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Ryan
> >
> >P.S. Its nice to be back on the email list and working on the Vanagon.
> > I took a year leave from the Vanagon to build a 2001 GTI.
>
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