Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2021 19:17:03 -0700
Reply-To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject: Re: Guess the part answer
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Eric,
I fully agree. And I keep going with the propane fridge. If I was in warmer climes I’d be forced to get better fridge.
My best, and I’ve tried a lot, is a temp diff of 22-23C under ambient. Sorry about metric , ha!
That’s fine for a lot of the time for us, where we are, but when the ambient gets above 25C….
I believe the propane fridge could be better with more insulation. But that’s a big job and woudl be a remake of the entire unit. Much better to go electric.
Alistair
> On Aug 17, 2021, at 7:07 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Alistair,
>
> I know I’m probably in the minority but I’m still a fan of propane. I like cooking with gas in or out of the van, I like the flexibility of my old three way refrigerator. And, I plan to at a propane heater.
>
> I think solar and battery are great, and I think they are getting better quickly. Someday I may want to change over but I’m still very happy with my set up.
>
> And when the old fridg. Starts up I can’t help but smile.
>
> Still in 10 years or so I might be getting some good advice on updated electric units to fit into my beloved westy.
> I might be ready for electric stove top, fridge, heater, electric bed warmer, cooling heat pump, and electric power plant.
> But, I’m keeping my original Beep Beep horn!
>
>
> Eric
>
>
>> On Aug 17, 2021, at 9:48 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
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>> Hey Eric,
>>
>> I worked on fridge this last weekend and I’ll be posting on that soon. I’ll try to explain in text what I did rather than just let pics do the talking.
>>
>> The dometic fridge always good for conversation. I’ll say now that id rather have new electric fridge. But I’m trying to make the best of what I have.
>>
>> Alistair
>>
>>>> On Aug 17, 2021, at 2:08 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Alistair,
>>>
>>> No problem about the visual fun. Just keep the good fun coming!
>>>
>>> ERic
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Aug 17, 2021, at 2:27 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Sorry Bruce :-)
>>>>
>>>> I did some work on fridge last weekend. During which I broke one knob. Well it was broken before but I finished it by doing, of all things…
>>>>
>>>> Adding a touch of polyurethane glue the the cracked stem to maybe hold it on the shaft. Turns out the glue disintegrated the plastic next day.
>>>>
>>>> Alistair
>>>>
>>>>>> On Aug 17, 2021, at 10:50 AM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Dang - I wanted to play. I had guessed stove knob but then saw your answer below before pressing send.
>>>>>
>>>>> Looks like a nice heavy duty replacement - I enjoyed the game and the video(s).
>>>>>
>>>>> BT
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tuesday, August 17, 2021, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>>>> Tedious game I’m playing, heres the answer
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://shufti.blog/2021/08/17/vanagon-dometic-fridge-knob-repair/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fridge knobs
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alistair
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