Date:         Wed, 9 Nov 2005 11:56:53 -0800
Reply-To:     Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@VICKERSDESIGN.COM>
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From:         Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@VICKERSDESIGN.COM>
Subject:      Re: vanagon Digest - 8 Nov 2005 (#2005-928)
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Mark,

How did you set up the exhaust fan? Did you use the city water inlet
as previously listed? Is the fan on a thermostat?

Thanks,

Jeff / 87 Syncro Westy
On Nov 8, 2005, at 9:00 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Tue, 8 Nov 2005 16:31:12 -0800
> From:    mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
> Subject: Re: venting, was Re: dometic 182b question
>
> The RV diagram shows the burner exhaust area all right. The burner
> heat
> and gases exit into the upper area behind the fridge same as the heat
> from the fins. That is part of why the design of the chimney is so
> important in that particular discussion. Our Westy fridges have a
> separate combustion venting system is not used by most RVs so the
> hottest air goes right out our vent tubes.
>
> The Westy fridge combustion vent system is superior from a practical
> stand point. It keeps all the dangerous combustion byproducts
> completely
> outside. It does so without an intake vent low on the outside of the
> vehicle like RVs have. It does so without an exhaust vent high on the
> outside. Imagine how much worse the rust problems would be on that
> side
> if there where 2 large always open vents on the side, like most RVs
> have.
>
> Removing the insulation behind your fridge was a mistake IMO. The
> insulation helps keep the heat from the sun from overheating the area
> behind the fridge. Whenever the sun shines on that side for very long
> the fridge cooling fan can be triggered even with the fridge off.
>
> What I and others have done is to install a fan that vents the hot air
> from behind the fridge to the outside. My main problem is my fridge
> keeping food too cold unless I adjust the temp setting. I recent
> camped
> for 12 days in Baja, days in the 90s, nights in high 70s and low 80s.
> The fins inside my fridge were a solid block of ice that grew larger
> every day.
>
> Mark