Date:         Thu, 7 Aug 2003 12:54:46 -0700
Reply-To:     Art McGinn <amcginn@MICROWEB.COM>
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From:         Art McGinn <amcginn@MICROWEB.COM>
Subject:      Re: [vanagon] Fridge experts: need advice
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   on a recent 2,500 mile trip, weather mostly in mid-80s but climbing into
 90s at times, fridge kept everything nice n' frosty, especially soft
drinks.
 it, too, ran pretty continuously except at night when temps were cooler.
 suggest maybe your fridge door may not be sealing completely or, perhaps,
 there's too much stuff in there and fridge can't deal with it all. by the
 way, that laughably tiny ice cube tray -- good for about one martini,
 straight up with an olive -- really does produce ice cubes. cheers, art
 mcginn '82 westy


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Loren A. Busch" <lbusch@IX.NETCOM.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 12:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [vanagon] Fridge experts: need advice
>
>
> > In one week of camping in up to 90 degree weather week before last the
> > highest my 'frig got was 51 degrees during the day, down to 31 degrees
one
> > night. (I have a wireless temp sensor in the fridg that sends to info to
> an
> > external display)  I checked the high/low memory on the instrument after
I
> > got home, 51 high, 31 low.  I was running on propane the whole time and
> had
> > the temperature control set to the middle of the range most of the time.
> > This is on the later model in a '90 Westy.  BTW, the damn fan ran almost
> > continually until the middle of the night.
>