Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:32:11 -0700
Reply-To: Hugo Varotto <vanagon@VAROTTO.ORG>
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From: Hugo Varotto <vanagon@VAROTTO.ORG>
Subject: Re: Vitrifrigo
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Karl,
are you saying that the Truckfridge is esentially a Vitrofridge (but
cheaper) ? How much cheaper are we talking ? In their page it says
$479 (plus shipping).
I remember reading in your webpage that Vitrofridge has a Danfoss
compressor, but don't see anything in the Truckfridge website about it.
Hugo
On Oct 27, 2008, at 10:23 PM, Karl Mullendore wrote:
> I bought the first two from a different supplier who has slightly
> newer
> stock. Commercial Products, division of Truck Fridge, is where
> everyone else
> is buying, that's where I found the stock of 200+ units that I was
> able to
> set up the group price on. So that's why the difference. Mine does
> have a
> fan on the condenser also, maybe not visible in my photos. The AC
> add-on box
> was also different on some, as it was added on to make the DC + AC
> version,
> when the stock fridges were set up as 12/24 DC. The new Truckfridge is
> basically a licensed copy from what I understand and they are able
> to sell
> them for less because they aren't being made in Italy. Still lovin'
> mine, so
> much that I got the SS 90-liter version for my highroof project. :-)
>
> Karl
>
> On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:51:10 -0600, Richard A Jones <jones@COLORADO.EDU
> >
> wrote:
>
>> If you look at Karl's pictures on his web site, he got
>> the slider latch. Others got the latch held by a pin.
>> Of course, Karl's fridge does not have the muffin fan
>> attached to the condensor, which all the others seem to.
>> Maybe his was prototype A and mine was prototype B...
>> or C or D or....
>>
>> Some got all the electrical stuff inside the box on the
>> back of the fridge, and I got a separate box.
>>
>> Do A and B go together or are there four (or more) versions?
>>
>> I don't know. I think we all bought the C51isac....
>>
>> I like the latch I got. The electric box I don't care about.
>> I just mounted it under the sink drawer. It has the 12V
>> and 120V hookups. From it to the fridge, just two wires.
>> Other fridges have all that stuff in the upper rear corner
>> of the fridge.
>>
>> Anyway, it's moot. There is a new fridge. See Karl's
>> pages. Truckfridge has a version that seems to have even
>> a third kind of latch!
>> http://truckfridge.com/cr49.html
>> Plus its rear electricals look different from any I've seen,
>> but the interior looks identical. I'll bet $$$ it is a version
>> of the Vitrifrigo. (It does have the muffin fan....)
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