Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 08:44:02 -0400
Reply-To: "kenneth wilford (Van-Again)" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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From: "kenneth wilford (Van-Again)" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: What to do with a Dometic RC160E cooler?
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Neil, I hate to throw stuff out. There might be a person on thesamba.com
that would rush right to your place and take it if you offered it for a low
price or free. Maybe they need it to complete their full show quality
restoration of an 85-86 era Wolfsburg Westy Weekender. They are so rare.
Brown with brown interior for some reason is the most common color scheme.
I am actually joking about them being rare. At least at my shop they
aren't. I have one customer that has two, another has one and I went to
inspect a fourth one in Deptford for a customer the other night. Three of
these are 85s and one is an 86. They are all brown on brown. None of them
has the cooler. I have only seen one cooler in real life and that was in
an 86 Syncro Wolfsburg Westy Weekender (Brown on Brown of course) and the
lid was messed up. So maybe that person will want yours!
Welcome to the list!
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:46 PM, Neil Cebara <neilcebara@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> First time post, first time Vanagon owners.... We just purchased an '85
> Wolfsberg Edition in March which we love! It needs a bit of love, but
> that's what we're here for. Love. We have it in slop buckets.. ;>)
>
> It came with its stock Dometic RC160E thermoelectic cooler.... the
> top-opening kind ..bolted to the floor behind the passenger seat. I've
> tested it, and talked to a local servicing shop that thinks they may be one
> of the only shops in the country still able to service the RC160E.
>
> Verdict? It doesn't work. The control board is probably shot, which is a
> $200 replacement. The other electronic piece (might need that, not sure)
> is a $400 replacement.
> So... I'm going to upgrade to a more recent type of 12v thermoelectric
> cooler. (After I reinstall a secondary deep-cycle batt!)
>
> But what do I do with this Dometic cooler?
> Should I just recycle it through my city's various recycling options?
> Or is there a market out there of people wanting to repair these
> relics?
> I'd be happy to even donate it to someone if they were going to fix it
> up. It's in otherwise good shape, it just doesn't run the fan and cool
> anything.
>
> Any thoughts or experience on recycling versus finding someone to take it?
>
> Thanks!
> .
> Neil & Chelsea
> '85 Westy
> * "Phaedra von Vanagon Westphalia-Wolfsberg" aka Phae, heir to the fabled
> Westphalia-Wolfsberg throne.*
>
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Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com
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