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Date:         Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:30:38 -0800
Reply-To:     Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
Subject:      Re: yet another fridge question (ok you experts)...
Comments: To: robert shawn feller <feller@CARBONCOW.COM>
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Shawn,

On the last fridge we fixed, I checked the temp at the top of the heater tube (after about 30 minutes) and it was reading ~375 degress on 12V and 110V. The inside of the fridge was ~35 degrees.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Jeff www.vanagonparts.com

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of robert shawn feller Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:34 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: yet another fridge question (ok you experts)...

Malcolm,

Thanks for the info. I'll know in a day or two if there is any chance of this thing working after I flip it for the night and shake the piss out of it.

The only other possibility I have (and it's reaching) is the 110v heating element is out of spec. According to the dometic troubleshooting manual the OHM reading on that unit should be approx. 169ohm but I'm only hitting 137ohm. This is out of spec for their 10% rule they specify. Believe me it gets scary hot, but is it hot enough? Any comments?

I could manually override the switch and run the 12v and 110v elements at the same time to generate more heat, but that may be to much and ruin the boiler/chemicals (per manual).

If I decided to build my own cabinet (I hate to ruin the westy look but common sense has to prevail sometime!) I'll let you know on the parts!

Shawn

-----Original Message----- From: Malcolm Stebbins [mailto:mwstebbins@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:14 AM To: robert shawn feller Subject: Re: yet another fridge question (ok you experts)...

There is a alternative fridge that will fit depth wise, but it is too tall... but ... I plan to just raise the westy sink cabinet enough for it to fit, as I and my wife find the westy sink to low to be comfortable to use....... and ..... if one designes the lift right, there will be toe room at the bottom (like in your kitchen).

I posted my recent reserach at: http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0602D&L=vanagon&P=R10601

and in return for these ideas :-) IF! you decide to 'toss' your fridge, I'm looking for some parts. thanks. Malcolm

--- robert shawn feller <feller@CARBONCOW.COM> wrote:

> If I cannot get this to go this week it's getting tossed and I'll find > a NORCOLD or such to replace. I hate to not get something at tight > looking as most units on the market seem to require to much depth to fit correctly. > > Shawn > Ohio >

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