Yes did what I could to add insulation behind fridge and I added what I could behind cabinets L and R of the fridge. All told consisting of 1 layer cheapo bubble/1 side foil, 2" of blue board where I could reach, 1" behind fridge at bottom "half". (that being where van body curves in more.) Suns out. I'll be curious if 1" insulates relatively the same as 2". The way I read it, the 5" min. speced by the Dometic diagram is basically 4" for fins etc., then 1" actual space between those "guts" and whatever's behind it. Thanks, Neil.
On 8/22/10, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > David, that's the manual I have, downloaded from somewhere, but it is not > the one with the doodle on the cover. > > If you look carefully at Fig. 3, the required rear clearance is shown as 5". > The measurement is at the bottom of the figure, but the dotted lines > showing the clearance run all the way to the top. Also, the figure shows > that 2" bottom clearance is required, and 3" top clearance. No side > clearance is required, per the printed statement on one of the figures. > > If I understood Neil correctly, he is insulating the bulkhead cavity, just > as the original fiberglass was, without intruding into the space allocated > by the refrigerator installation. > > DMc
>> At 02:38 PM 8/22/2010, neil n wrote: >> >Hi Dave. >> > >> >I checked my 182 manual, but didn't see clearance measurements. I'll >> >check it again. Thanks for the offer. be closed as well. |
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