Date:         Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:01:49 -0400
Reply-To:     Peter Kraiker <bybike@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Peter Kraiker <bybike@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dometic Fridge: Bah Humbug! <grin>
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Mine stays lit and keeps things wonderfully cold while driving and camped although every now and then it goes out early in a trip (easy to check and re-light)... I trust it on propane more than on 12v or 120v (and i do have a solar panel to help keep the aux. battery charged!).  

I am getting a rust bubble which i expect is from either a leak in the exhaust or condensation at the back of the fridge... that will be be one of this winter's explorations.

Peter Kraiker
http://studiofstop.com
'82 Westfalia 1.9TD 5spd


On 2010-08-11, at 5:26 PM, neil n wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 1:50 PM,  <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
> 
> I've read numerous comments in the archives regarding driving with it
> lit or not. Not sure which instructions you refer to, but I just read
> my Dometic glove box manual and door on 182B. No where did I see
> anything saying do not drive with fridge running on LP. I may have
> missed it. However. They do make mention, in upper case, of 'never
> putting hot food in the fridge'.    <grin>
> 
> On the last trip, I drove with it on 12V. My 12V system works fine too.
> 
> What I'd like, is to have it stay lit even if it gets windy in camp.
> On last few trips before doing this recent work, it would blow out on
> the highway, and in camp. Even if it was only mildly windy.
> 
> I understand your point, but to be clear, there's something wrong with
> my fridge (thermocouple? Small flame? Both?). I've read reports of
> peoples Dometics staying lit when driving. I've even experienced that
> with my 182A. Unless a maladjustment in the LP pressure exists (water
> column), and adjusting it corrects the issue, I'm hesitant to invest
> any more time, or moreover, any more $  in it.
> 
> The other reason it has a 12V mode may be in the event one runs out of
> propane while in camp. Kill two birds. Hop in the Westy, get more cold
> beer, and propane.   <EG>.
> 
> Neil.
> 
> -- 
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
> 
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