Date:         Sat, 24 Apr 1999 22:20:12 -0700
Reply-To:     Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
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From:         Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Subject:      Re: Dometic Fridge Trouble-shooting
Comments: To: Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
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Marshall,
Go to www.rv.com and then the 'publication search button' and then type in
the search for RM182B and you will find more than you want.
By the way did you wait about 1/2 to 1 hour to see if it got cold on any of
the three power sources? Did the propane light?
Bill
90 Westy Syncro
-----Original Message-----
From: Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Saturday, April 24, 1999 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: Dometic Fridge Trouble-shooting


>OK, thanks for that.
>
>Is there a source for manuals on the thing? Bentley has very little on the
>subject.
>
>Marshall
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Horace K. Sawyer <firestream@mindspring.com>
>To: Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
>Date: Saturday, April 24, 1999 11:45 PM
>Subject: Re: Dometic Fridge Trouble-shooting
>
>
>>Hold on, just keep it plugged in to the house and make sure the switch is
>>in the right position to 110v.  I don't know what it is, but they don't
>>just turn on when you want it to.  It comes on when it "feels like it."
No
>>kidding, in my experience.  Don't know the science behind the Dometic.
So,
>>try this.
>>
>>Tomorrow when you check it, you may or may not hear a running compressor.
>>It runs for awhile, then shuts off, etc.  Pretty quiet, but clearly
>audible.
>>
>>HK
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>At 11:09 PM 4/24/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>>Hi Everybody:
>>>
>>>Well, today I tried my fridge for the very first time since I got the
>Westy
>>>in November. No luck on AC/DC or propane.
>>>
>>>The two fuses behind the drivers seat are OK. Tried plugging in the
fridge
>>>directly into extension cord to isolate problems further. Still, no luck.
>>>
>>>Anybody have any ideas? Does this fridge make any sound, vibration or
>other
>>>indication it's working, beyond getting cold?
>>>
>>>The one good thing is that at least my stove elements work!
>>>
>>>Cheers!
>>>
>>>Marshall Ruskin
>>>84 Westy "Iron Igloo"
>>>Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
>>
>>
>>
>