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Date:         Mon, 26 Apr 1999 19:58:25 -0400
Reply-To:     Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dometic Temperature
Comments: To: Ken Korn <kkorn@JUMP.NET>

Ken,

You mean when the sun beats down and drive you inside temp to 90, your fridge can only manage 55? It may be time for you to overhaul your refrigerator...I don't know the actual temperatures inside our refrigerator, but can say that makes ice consistently, summer or winter. A couple of key things to keep in mind, though.

Start the refrigerator running the day before you go camping. When I start the refrigerator, I load ours with a couple of frozen 2 Liter bottles of water, to get the interior cooled down fast and cold.

We also have a 12 volt Radio Shack muffin fan mounted in the left rear quarter directly below the main cooling area of the cooling fins. This keeps the air moving around the inside of the refrigerator, doing a much better job at cooling the entire refrigerator. Whenever our refrigerator is running, this muffin fan is on as well.

Also, I don't think the cooling capacity of the refrigerator is enough to actually chill foods or drinks. We put everything in our refrigerator already cold. After a meal, any leftovers are placed in a large zip-lock bag, then left flat on the table to cool for a while, prior to placing in the refrigerator.

Hope this helps...instructions on the fridge overhaul are in the archives...

G. Matthew Bulley Bulley-Hewlett & Associates www.bulley-hewlett.com Cary, NC USA 888.468.4880 tollfree

-----Original Message----- From: Ken Korn [SMTP:kkorn@JUMP.NET] Sent: Monday, April 26, 1999 3:41 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Dometic Temperature

On our trip last week, we used the fridge on 110, 12V, and propane. All three worked BUT......the temp inside would never get more that 30-35 degrees F below the outside temp. Is there something wrong or is the Dometic a whimpy fridge?

Ken Korn '82 Westy Austin, TX


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