Date:         Fri, 6 Jul 2007 11:20:28 -0600
Reply-To:     Paul Chubbuck <paul@TAKINGFLIGHT.NET>
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From:         Paul Chubbuck <paul@TAKINGFLIGHT.NET>
Subject:      Re: FYI - Venting for mobile refrigerators
Comments: To: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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So what's your opinion on insulation behind the Dometic.  Should you add to
what's there, or take out what's there?

Paul

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 11:13 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: FYI - Venting for mobile refrigerators

On 7/6/2007 9:55 AM neil wrote:

> That was me!

So what's keeping you?

>
> (and I still haven't had the balls to cut a hole in floor under
> fridge)

Oh. Well, okay.

> And further to that idea, I thought it would be good to use a manifold
> of some sort through which air would be drawn in "against" frame of
> van. The frame is metal is cool to the touch, so air being drawn
> against it should get cooled down.

I dunno about that -- the frame has to be at the same temperature as the air
around it. Steel is not a great conductor of heat, but it does transfer heat
from your fingertips well enough to feel cool. But still, it's at ambient
temp.

--
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