These comments about filling the already cooled fridge with already cooled food make me glad the PO of my westy did something about the fridge. Mine has a Norcold compressor driven fridge. It runs from 120 or 12 volts (NOT propane) and will run for several days from the golf cart batteries installed under the rear seat. One day when we went directly from my son's birthday party to a ball game, I started up the fridge, inserted two hot large pizzas (that was quite a trick) and drove off. Things cooled off fine. The only downside (other than the cost of the fridge and batteries) is that you have to either plug in (recharging the batteries with the built in charger that was added also) or drive for a while every two or three days of camping. If anyone would like details, I have the instruction book on the fridge and data on the batteries. Bill
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