Date:         Mon, 10 Aug 1998 22:36:37 -0700
Reply-To:     Marty Wallace <martywallace@ROCKETMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Marty Wallace <martywallace@ROCKETMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dometic Frig - Do These Really Work?
Comments: To: Bill Davidson <davidson@sierra.net>
Comments: cc: vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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Thanks, Bill.  Please read on:


---Bill Davidson <davidson@sierra.net> wrote:

> I know it sounds like a contradiction but trust me, what makes the fridge
> work is heat applied to a particular part of the tubing on the back. (I
> will not attempt to explain the physics, and it is not necessary to
know.)

Yep.  I understand (BS Science, MS Chemistry).


> If you were to take out the fridge and look at all the tubes, etc. on the
> back of the Fridge you would see that the heat, weather created by 110V,
> 12v, or gas is applied at the same spot in the tubing. So, assuming that
> your propane does indeed light and stay lit, the refridge should work
> pretty much the same weather you are using 110v or gas. However, if the
> refridge was empty when you got it going the night before you left for
your
> trip and then you packed it with food, the problem may be that the food
is
> packed in so tight that it restricts air flow. Check to see if the fins
in
> the upper part of the fridge get cold on gas and 12v (give it at least
1/2

The fins were NOT cold using 12 Vdc or gas.  There must be some problem
with these systems.  (Note that the fins were VERY cold using 120Vac at
home before we left.)



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