Date:         Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:43:13 -0700
Reply-To:     Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dometic Fridge Mod Update
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This comes up repeatedly. Peltier devices suck a lot of power.
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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR



rubatoguy@comcast.net typed:
> The other thing I have wondered about was retrofitting some Peltier Effect cooling modules to the fridge.
> http://www.mpja.com/prodinfo.asp?number=15513+PM
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> Todd
> '88 westy
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>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
>> On 6/28/2007 12:29 PM Todd Last wrote:
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>>> Did you check sealing around the door?
>>> I've always felt that the door set-up with the Dometic fridge was a design
>> which would allow lots of cooling losses because of bed sealing.
>>
>> Seal the door with tape for testing.
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>>> Also, did you add a fan inside the fridge to blow air over the heat sink on
>> the inside?
>>
>> The warmer air rises, gets cooled at the heat sink, and falls. With no
>> groceries, there is already circulation due to this convection. Moving
>> the air more rapidly won't do anything.
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>>> Have you considered adding extra mass on the inside heat sink (maybe adding
>> some computer CPU heat sinks)
>>
>> Interesting idea -- what if the reefer is limited by the meager cooling
>> surface? Can't think offhand of an easy test for this, though. If there
>> was some way to double the cooling surface, temporarily, a fellow could
>> do a before 'n' after.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>> KG6RCR
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