Exactly right. I have a large propane only fridge at my shack in Baja. Propane refrigeration is great for long continuous periods. The startup time to max cooling can be many hours in my experience. That is one of the reasons many of us are trying electric only fridges in our Vanagons. Mark
Jim Felder wrote: > One of the many things I've gained an appreciation for through this list is > the enormous task facing a car air conditioner. I pity the poor vanagon > driver whose AC is anything like the westy fridge! > My grandmother had a servell refrigerator. She bought it in the twenties or > thirties and the door finally fell off in the 60s and she got a mechanical > unit, which didn't last all that long. I remember that the servell took a > long time to cool after defrosting. Popsicles that froze in an hour at home > took overnight at grandma's house. > >............... |
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