Date:         Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:02:03 -0700
Reply-To:     Daryl Christensen <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Daryl Christensen <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
Subject:      Re: dometic preformance, was Re: Kitchen out; Any suggestions?
In-Reply-To:  <60E31B17-B16D-4FD2-BC46-56C71E3DD592@SHAW.CA>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

I should keep my mouth shut..Mine gets below freezing on ac, 12v or
propane..Then again, it's a Norcold from a Eurovan I shoehorned in there and
not a Dumetic. Almost twice as large inside too.

http://picasaweb.google.com/Darylspics/EurovanReferInstall#55162114049179180
34

Daryl of AA Transaxle
425-788-4070
"On the cutting edge of Old technology"
86 Syncro Westy with a Zetec in the trunk


-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Alistair Bell
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 6:04 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: dometic preformance, was Re: Kitchen out; Any suggestions?

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