Date:         Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:13:38 -0700
Reply-To:     Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@VICKERSDESIGN.COM>
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From:         Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@VICKERSDESIGN.COM>
Subject:      Re: Got the wrong Vitrifrigo!
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Nice job on the drawer, Richard. I'm just beginning that project
myself. Did you do a paint match for the drawer front or did you
salvage the fridge door?

Jeff / San Anselmo
On Jul 31, 2008, at 4:29 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:11:34 -0600
> From:    Richard A Jones <jones@COLORADO.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Got the wrong Vitrifrigo!
>
>> The AC power pack is an add-on, if it is indeed not in the box then
>> they
>> should send you one and tell you how to attach and connect it.
>>
>> FWIW, I've only run mine on AC very briefly, as I get 5-7 days on
>> the 100
>> a/h deep cycle battery.
>>
>> Karl
>
> Karl:  Based on my sample (of 3, maybe 4!) it appears that the
> external
> power box and the sliding fridge latch go together; internal
> power stuff and pin latch go together.  Is that correct?
>
> I watched my "Invitrio" on a couple of trips and in warm/hot
> conditions--interior of the camper >80 degrees, mine ran
> 4 min, then off 8 min.  So 1/3rd of the rated 2.7 amps/hr
> means about 1 amp per hour max.  Much, much less at night
> when temps were ~50 degrees;  maybe 35-45 minutes between
> running.
>
> A pic of how I mounted my control box under the drawer is at:
> http://jones.colorado.edu/jones/Vitrifrigo
> I put a little 12V rocker switch up there with it to control
> the 12V from the battery--so I can clean mine out, leave the
> door open to dry--and have the light off.  ;-)
>
> And, Karl, thanks for discovering this fridge and telling
> all of us about it!!
>
> Richard