Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:38:33 -0800
Reply-To: Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@VICKERSDESIGN.COM>
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From: Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@VICKERSDESIGN.COM>
Subject: Re: Propex heaters
In-Reply-To: <20081211225215.C16254F95C5@izzy.vickersdesign.com>
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Patti,
I just did the drawer mod to my Syncro and I'm pretty sure there's
enough room (theoretically) to put the 2000 Propex under there. I can
measure mine tonight and confirm. The 2000 is 4" high and 12" long
(not counting the inlet and outlet flanges).
My Isotherm fridge installation left about 6" under the plywood
platform that I built to hold up the fridge. You could get a little
more height by using brackets on the walls of the fridge cabinet
instead of a plywood platform to hold up the fridge. The Isotherm and
the Vitrifrigo have the same specs, I believe.
I'm not sure how/where you would run the heat outlet hose to, though.
The 2000 would have to fit perpendicular (to the 12" dimension) to the
wall of the van, so maybe you could run the hose out through the back
of the sink cabinet. The intake would have plenty of air under the
fridge since the back of the fridge doesn't meet the wall of the van.
Jeff
Here's my fridge and drawer:
http://www.vickersdesign.com/vanagon/fridge1.jpg
http://www.vickersdesign.com/vanagon/fridge_drawer.jpg
On Dec 11, 2008, at 2:43 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:55:16 -0800
> From: PB <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Propex heaters
>
> I've ordered the HS2000 model, and have opted to be "adventurous" as
> to how
> it will get installed! I'm also planning to replace the Dometic
> with a
> Vitrifrigo (or the new brand currently offered,) so I will have the
> Dometic's propane source available to use for the Propex. I noticed
> from
> one member's post that he had made a drawer below his new fridge
> because the
> electric fridge takes up less vertical space than the Dometic. Is
> there any
> chance that the Propex HS2000 could be installed below the fridge?
> I have
> no knowledge of the actual dimensions of the Propex or the below-
> fridge
> space, or even if it would be safe or feasible to install the Propex
> in that
> location.
>
> I'm zero with most plumbing and electrical, but very comfortable with
> woodworking and cabinet making.
>
> Patti
> 90 Westy automatic
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