Date:         Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:52:48 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Dometic idea? (was: Dometic question. (yes did search
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At 01:05 PM 6/27/2006 -0500, Aaron Pearson wrote:
>what if you bought a small 12v refrigerator, cut a hole in the side, and put
>in a fan in it and used THAT to cool the back of the dometic?

Seriously, there is something that might be attractive to
somebody:  The commonly available (Peltier-type) electric coolers
have the same 40F-below-ambient limit as the Dometic's absorption
cooling unit.  But it should be possible to install one or two of the
cooling elements into the void space aft of the fridge and arrange a
cold-air circuit into said fridge that would allow considerably
greater heat-extraction ability while underway or otherwise provided
with about five amps/unit of DC.  And unlike the fridge's cooling
unit, they aren't a delicate gravity feed that loses performance
while being sloshed around on the road.  I imagine the setup would
have to be manually corked when not in use unless it were very well
insulated.  Could be a bit tricky arranging the venting but I bet it
could be done.


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