Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:30:09 -0500
Reply-To: jpalmer@MYMTS.NET
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From: Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MYMTS.NET>
Subject: Re: Mini Fridge
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I'm pretty sure that's what I said :)
> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:16:07 -0500
> From: mcneely4@COX.NET
> Subject: Re: Mini Fridge
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
> ---- Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MYMTS.NET> wrote:
> > Impressive! Am i reading that right? After three hours, solely on propane, hardly any change in interior temperature, and you're almost at freezing? Any tips? Interior fan to circulate air or something?
> >
> > I can get that kind of cooling with shore power but propane takes longer - or so I assume since i haven't kept track like you did :) And I never use 12V.
>
> Actually Jeff, he had an ambient temperature drop from low 80s F to mid 70s F, and achieved a refrigerator temperature of about 36 F. mcneely
>
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > On 2013-06-10, at 8:33 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
> >
> > > time to trot out my old data on my fridge performance?
> > >
> > > http://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/westy-dometic-fridge-performance/
> > >
> > > alistair
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2013-06-10, at 6:25 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
> > >
> > >> Right. I recently got back from a week on the Gulf Coast. 90-100 degrees.
> > >> Food did fine.
> > >>
> > >> Jim
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 8:12 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Sorry, this is simply not the case. We have camped many times for a week
> > >>> or more in 90-100 degree weather and kept our food including milk fresh
> > >>> for up to a week. That is with 4 different Dometic RM182 over the the
> > >>> last 20 years in various vans. You do have to be smart about how you use
> > >>> the things.
> > >>>
> > >>> Mark
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Karl Wolz wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> McNeely,
> > >>>> The Dometic, according to its own specs, is good for about a 30 degree
> > >>>> drop. That's marginally adequate in 70 degree weather (like in the Black
> > >>>> Forest), but not so good in about 45 of our states this time of year. I
> > >>>> installed extra fans inside and out after cleaning and resealing the
> > >>>> firebox, etc. before taking it out and gaining much storage space.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >
>
> --
> David McNeely
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