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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
Comments: To: Karl Mullendore <groups@WESTYVENTURES.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2008102801265800@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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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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