As soon as you consider a "propane" refrigerator, you are dealing with almost certainly dealing with an ammonia cycle fridge (which is what the Dometic 182's are.) That style has a limit, in that it really has difficulty in cooling if the ambient air temperature is over 90 degrees (dark colored Westy's will get over 90 F very quickly.) That's why the compressor style fridge (outside of vehicles) were invented, and that's also why various folks have fitted their westy's with compressor style fridges (of varying details).
On Jul 26, 2008, at 8:59 PM, Thomas Jefferson Kitts wrote: > And speaking of Dometic RM182B replacements, what have other people > successfully replaced them with? > > I'd prefer a LP, 120 and 12 v solution. |
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