Date:         Mon, 9 May 2005 06:52:27 -0700
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Venting Reefer Heat
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <j.michael.elliott@ADELPHIA.NET>
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Yes, that was me. I have done it to a few Westys. I replace the flaky or
broken Westy faucets with a SureFlo model that has a much better switch
and that can vary the amount of water that comes out, as well as pivot
up to allow larger pans to be placed in and filled from the sink The
SureFlo has no connection for a city water hookup but that is seldom if
ever used anyway. The city water outside hookup then has no function so
I cut the guts out of it and attach a computer type fan to the back of
it and some screen mesh in between With the little water door propped
open and the fan switched on, the heat that builds up behind the fridge
can be removed from the van instead of just recirculated in the
interior. When camped in warm weather this can help the fridge cool
things quite a bit and keep the interior living space cooler as well.
The noisier stock Dometic cooling fan will run less often too

Mark

Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

> Thanks to all who helped me find the Dometic tweak links that I had
> lost. I plan to give the unit a complete cleaning and put in better
> fans, etc., next week.
>
> I recall that last year, someone on this list wrote that he had, or was
> going to, modify the space behind the reefer so that the waste heat,
> rather than being vented into the cabin, would vent out through the side
> of his Vanagon. I think he had described some scheme where the
> pressurized water hookup thing would be removed and a fan installed in
> its location. The little hatch could still be closed. . . .
>
> Something like that.
>
> Does this ring a bell?
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)"
> KG6RCR
>