Date:         Wed, 1 Oct 1997 07:32:28 8
Reply-To:     Wes Neuenschwander <wesn@ESKIMO.COM>
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From:         Wes Neuenschwander <wesn@ESKIMO.COM>
Subject:      Re: What is "Level"?
Comments: To: Ed McLean <mcleans@earthlink.net>, vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu

> Instructions for the Dometic refrigerator specify not to operate it
> unless it is "level" or damage will occur.  Does anyone know the
> specifications for the maximum limit of tilt tolerated?  What damage will
> occur if the refrigerator is operated outside these specifications?  Has
> anyone actually damaged their refrigerator by running it while their
> Vanagon is not "level"?
>
> Most of the information we have on this is very subjective.  If anyone
> has any hard data specifications, I'm sure many of us would like to hear
> them.
>
> Thanks
> Ed McLean
> '86 Westi
>

The "Camper/Multivan" supplement that came with the Owner's Manual for my
'91 Westy states "The refrigerator works best when the vehicle is standing
on level ground up to an 15% angle" (p. 16).  Personally, I've never seen
anything in either the Dometic owner's manual or the Dometic Service
manual that supports the contention that running the unit out of level
will actually damage it.

-Wes

Wes Neuenschwander
Seattle, WA
wesn@eskimo.com