Date:         Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:52:05 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: About your west fridge blowing out at highway speeds
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At 08:44 PM 4/22/2013, John Meeks wrote:
>This mod was done by John ofNorthwest
>Campers<http://www.northwestcampers.com/>
>http://www.vanagonauts.com/Fridge-Vent-windshield197.htm

Fascinating -- you can see how his plate is misaligned in the view from above.

If the vent is correct and properly sealed it doesn't need any
help.  I ran my fridge continuously eight months of the year for more
than ten years as a daily driver and I cannot recall it ever going
out except when I'd had it out and not gotten the vent properly
sealed afterward.  I never had the plate misaligned, but it took a
little experience to learn how important it was that the vent lie
flat and flush against the van body *before* the mounting screws went
in.  It was pleasing to discover that a broomstick was just the right
size to use as a lever for lining it up.

Yrs,
d