Date:         Tue, 11 Aug 1998 10:28:27 -0400
Reply-To:     "Sminkey, Scott" <ssminkey@XYPLEX.COM>
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From:         "Sminkey, Scott" <ssminkey@XYPLEX.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dometic Frig - Do These Really Work?
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        Maureen Stretch wrote:
        >Urban legend my foot! <g> If you check the Guinness Book of Westy
        >Records, you will note on page 496, paragraph 93, that on this
date, a
        >year ago, an entire tiny tray of very small ice cubes was verified
in a
        >Westy located in Massachussetts, somewhere near Boston.

Hey, Maureen, were you peeking in my Camper? I live near Boston and I
have successfully made ice cubes in my Dometic fridge, not once but
twice!!

Seriously, though, the Dometic fridge in my '91 has worked just fine since
the day I bought the Camper new. It gets coldest running on propane,
does ok on 120VAC (I usually do that just to pre-chill the fridge before a
trip), and after several hours is reasonably cold even on 12VDC. If I
remember right, my experience is that it can get about 35 to 40 degrees
colder than the outside temp when on propane, but don't quote me on that.

- Scott
  '91 Westfalia Camper (for sale, and I am being honest about the above!)