Date:         Fri, 6 Jun 2008 07:08:48 -0700
Reply-To:     Mike Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Mike Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: New 12V fridge venting issues
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Gracious, Troy -- your suggestion on how to block the side vent is a darn
good one!* I was wasting some time and keystrokes blathering about how
compressors in general need less venting than the Dometic. I was just
saying, is all.

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* Except for those of us, like me, who haven't seen an large inner tube
since they helped their dad change a flat on the family Buick. He used
this patch kit that came in a tin like chewing tobacco. It had these big
patches, some clamps. I recall him roughing up the inner tube with
something that looked like a cheese grater, then clamping the patch to the
tube and lighting it with a match. It smoldered for a while, emitting a
sulfurous stench. "Vulcanizing," he explained.

Today I don't know if I could find inner tubes for anything larger than
bicycle tires within a 75-mile radius of my home in totally urban and
suburban California.

--
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



On 6/6/2008 12:16 AM Troy wrote:

> Some guys get no respect;) Guess you need to be a squirrel.  I was trying to point out in my last message, that you can use some inner tube material to seal the opening through the side of the van. I believe there is a black neoprene gasket there right now, just replace that gasket with some inner tube material, and you're home free. If I recall I took the flat metal plate out of mind as well as it's no longer needed. Enjoy your new fridge, but if you're like me, you're probably going to end up replacing your auxiliary battery soon too to accommodate the extra power requirements.
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> Troy
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