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Date:         Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:03:47 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: dometic preformance, was Re: Kitchen out; Any suggestions?
Comments: To: mcneely4@cox.net
In-Reply-To:  <20100912205746.1WGSZ.1121909.imail@eastrmwml40>
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I never seem to get the fridge "that" cold on 110 ac. Maybe my heater element is weak, dunno.

We do freeze some of our trip provisions prior to departure ("treat" meats etc) and I find that does a good job of giving the fridge a head start on 12 V or propane.

alistair

On 12-Sep-10, at 5:57 PM, mcneely4@cox.net wrote:

this reminds me concerning "prechilling" the Dometic: I do it at night, when it is coolest, usually putting it on A.C. at around 11 p.m. for an early morning departure. DMc

---- Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote: > There is a ton, a metric ton, a butt-load, of fridge info in the > archives. > > Neil (tubaneil) has done a lot of recent work, and recorded good data. > > I recorded some data of fridge performance some years ago > > http://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/westy-dometic-fridge- > performance/ > > > alistair > > > On 12-Sep-10, at 2:34 PM, Mark Hineline wrote: > > David, that was a really good reply. I'm going to keep it with my > Frank instructions. > > Mark

-- David McNeely


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