Date:         Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:05:22 -0700
Reply-To:     Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Need model # on my Dometic refrigerator
Comments: To: neil <musomuso@gmail.com>
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I wouldn't get one of them Norcolds. It seems UPS drivers steal them
or something.

tim in san jose

On 6/18/07, neil <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Paul.
>
> I was just reading up on the Norcold DC0040 in the archives.
>
> Here is a link to a list members install/useage info for the Norcold:
>
> http://www.members.shaw.ca/McTavishPAC/fridge/fridge.html
>
> You might find this to be a good replacement though you may need to
> invest/upgrade to a larger house battery. The combined $$ may be too
> much. So....
>
> What about getting a good used Dometic?
>
> It you find one and it's not installed, you can bench test on AC and
> if you're comfortable dealing with LP connectionss, hook it up to a
> BBQ LP tank to test operation on LP.
>
> Neil.
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
>
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
>
>
>
>
> On 6/18/07, Paul Chubbuck <paul@takingflight.net> wrote:
> > I'm researching options for replacing the old, unreliable Dometic in my 1982
> > VW Vanagon Westfalia.
> >
> > Dometic wants to know the model number to see if there is a replacement
> > option, but unfortunately, some of the numbers on the aluminum plate are
> > abraded through years of contact with one of the knobs.
> >
> > Can anyone on the list help me figure out exactly what model my Dometic is?
> > Or alternatively, what current product model would replace it?
> >
> > The best I can read the model # is RM 18_ A.  I cannot say what the missing
> > digit is.
> >
> > Product number is 926 73 __.  The last two digits are abraded, but I think
> > the last one is a 6.  Next to the last is totally unreadable.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Paul
> >
>


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