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• Re: manuals (fridge)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Jan 1995 14:47:47 -0500
  whay year is that manual for Steven? >So Alistair Bell says: >> >> I once had, but let slip away... >> >> the manual for the fridge. >> >> Its...
• More fridge help needed.
  Historical mailing list - Groff, Montgomery
  Tue, 17 Aug 1999 16:25:33 -0600
  ...I have now completed a more thorough evaluation of all propane related fridge parts and it's still not cooling. The only remaining test...
• Re: Comments wanted on this portable fridge
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 4 Aug 2007 07:48:15 -0700
  ...Stand alone 'fridge/freezer boxes Indeed these various stand alone 12v/110v refrigerator boxes look tempting, a little easier to install than something like...
• Re: Alternative to Cover Camper Fridge Vent
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:03:22 -0500
  ...full time (except for when the fridge is used on propane) and it has been on there for a number of years and over...
• Re: Fridge
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:14:15 -0700
  ...I recently had a problem with 12V to the fridge so that >> the lamp that indicates that propane is on did not flash, the...
• Re: THANKS! --- Was: Elec. Questions. yes... Aux Batt...
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:30:46 -0700
  ...That way I could turn on fridge relay when needed for short stops or leave it on if I don't want to use...
• Re: The #@$@ Dometic R182 Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 6 Oct 2001 00:11:06 -0500
  ...Today was > fridge day. > > We put in the 12v little micro fan like suggested by a > listmember/vanagon > site, and it really helps! We...
• Re: Refrigerator lighting
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 1 Sep 2011 07:16:27 -0400
  ...Refrigerator lighting > > All these Dometic fridge lighting problems can be solved by replacing the fridge with this fridge > > > http://server2.gs-shop.de/200...
• Re: about fridge...
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 4 May 2015 11:27:14 -0700
  ...ARB 50QT fridge > > 2. ENGEL MT 45qt fridge > > how are they compared to each other performance and reliability wise... > which one you have and...
• Re: fridge question/Larry Alofs
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 29 Jul 2001 13:36:15 -0400
  At 12:07 PM 7/29/2001, Javier Zavala wrote: >How to know if the fridge will work !!!!! Use it on 110VAC with the...
• oh fridge guru
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Tue, 16 Jul 2002 22:41:08 -0600
  ...Personally, I'm looking for help still with the fridge blowing out whenever I drive. I've tried a lot of different things, including...
• fridge mod - prelim results
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 30 May 2005 09:48:41 -0700
  Last week i posted a description of my expt to improve airflow over cooling fins on back of fridge. I made a shroud to...
• Re: Westy Fridges, Let's Fix Them!
  Historical mailing list - Holm
  Wed, 12 May 1999 21:06:27 -0500
  ...Westy Fridges, Let's Fix Them! >Recently there was some list traffic regarding the performance of the >Westy refrigerator in warm weather. I find...
• Fw: Fridge assistance requested
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Thu, 26 Jul 2001 23:09:27 -0500
  Jeff, Last year, my fridge began to display the same symptoms as yours. Since I bought the van in '87, I never had problems...
• Lighting the fridge-the E-Z way
  Historical mailing list - Mark G
  Thu, 14 Aug 2003 23:50:29 -0400
  ...1) I haven't been able to light my fridge since last year, when I took it out and cleaned it, etc. Even then...
• Re: Help w/ Electrolux 3-way fridge with 220V
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Tue, 8 Oct 2013 22:37:52 -0400
  ...Help w/ Electrolux 3-way fridge with 220V > > > His all, >> >> I had this truck camper from a Landrover which I decided to scrap instead...
• Re: Dometic
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Wed, 24 May 2006 00:36:18 -0400
  ...I have thought that the storage bin aft of the fridge would be ok and that the space for the fridge could be converted...
• Re: Fridge assistance requested
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Howard
  Sat, 28 Jul 2001 08:14:44 -0400
  ...Fridge assistance requested > > > Jeff, > Last year, my fridge began to display the same symptoms as yours. > Since I bought > the van in '87, I...
• Fwd: Dometic Fan
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 30 Jul 2019 21:22:25 -0400
  ...The temp on the outside of the fridge door is 96 (an indication of > marginal cooling loss?). > > During that hour, the house battery went...
• Re: fridge doesnt want to run on shore power...
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Tue, 11 Aug 1998 06:58:47 8
  ...fridge doesnt want to run on shore power... > Hi O Wise Ones of the List... > Last week I took the fridge out of Vic...
• Re: Modifying a Dometic Refrigerator in an 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 21:52:20 -0700
  I pulled my fridge a few days ago because it wouldn't cool below 50 degrees and then stopped working altogether. The burn chamber...
• Re: Fridge burner LED
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Sat, 10 Jun 2000 08:12:33 -0400
  ...even after the fridge has been burning for hours but at night the fridge LED seems to burn just as brightly as the others...
• Re: Dometic condensation drain
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Wed, 4 Jun 2008 08:31:48 -0700
  ...Keith O > If the fridge propane flame (it's not a pilot light BTW) blows out while > driving then you have an air leak...
• Re: Vitrfrigio install report
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:04:48 -0600
  ...Other variables, unknown, are whether the drip pan is installed and whether a fan is being used (like a Fridgemate.) I experimented some and...
• Lighting the fridge in Frigid Weather
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:50:23 -0800
  ...Lighting the fridge in Frigid Weather???? Hi gang, We're leaving Toronto for Florida tomorrow morning and I'm wondering if I can --- or...
• Re: Fridge experts: need advice
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:16:27 -0400
  At 11:51 AM 8/7/2003, Westyman wrote: >After running three fridges side-by-side, I picked the one that ran the >coolest...
• Re: Whoops Re; Electrical Device
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 8 Mar 2011 17:54:46 -0800
  ...one for the 12 V operation of fridge, the other for water pump, led panel etc. One (12 v operation of fridge) should go...
• Re: How Hot Behind Dometic Fridge On 100+F Day? (insulation clearances)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:12:27 -0400
  At 08:11 PM 8/22/2010, neil n wrote: >Am torn if adding a second fan somewhere mid way on back of fridge...
• Re: Westy 3-Way Fridge Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 Nov 94 7:24:25 EST
  ...green, because funny smokers continually overfilled their water tank when the fridge was on...DC -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment School of International Affairs Carleton University Ottawa...
• Re: Dometic Fridge on my 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 21:25:03 -0400
  At 19:51 8/19/99 -0500, Matt Brickell wrote: >I be able to run the fridge on 12VDC? I switched it to the...
• 12 V. Position Fridge problem
  Historical mailing list - Sylvain B
  Thu, 28 Sep 2000 11:20:35 EDT
  Hi all! :) I have a little problem with my fridge: It works good on the propane and 120V position. But i cant get it...
• Re: Fridge....should it stay on...
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 25 May 2005 16:20:24 -0700
  ...way....kaBOOM! > Never, ever, ever pull a Westie with a lit fridge up to gas pumps. This is > *just* as smart as smoking while...
• Re: Options for Replacing Refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 07:01:57 -0700
  ...fridge and do you use a > cooler with ice or a decent 12V plug in cooler unit to supplement or replace > the fridge function...
• Re: East coast rust
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 9 Feb 2007 15:55:17 -0500
  ...Why did you leave the one for the fridge vent when you >have that other fridge?
• Dometic Fridge propane operation stuff
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:21:19 -0700
  The Dometic fridge model used in our Westys uses a very common propane control system. The same system is found in many other gas...
• Re: Fridge Shelves
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 1 Mar 2012 18:06:06 -0800
  ...Thursday, March 1, 2012, 3:56 PM So the fridge on the 89 I recently purchased needed some TLC.� I have cleaned it up...
• Re: Help w/ Electrolux 3-way fridge with 220V
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Sat, 12 Oct 2013 03:31:02 -0700
  Just wanted to add to this thread that Bus Depot carries the 110V heating element for the Dometic fridges. Saw one for sale on...
• Suburban heater installation ('77 Camper)
  Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
  Wed, 17 Apr 1996 07:03:29 -0400
  ...I'd have to cut a square hole in the fridge cabinet, and vent holes in the side body panel. On the inside, the...
• Fan orientation
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Tue, 13 Oct 1998 09:08:07 -0700
  ...A digital thermometer I mounted revealed daily high temps inside the fridge in the 55 range (even 60's at some points), during the...
• Re: Fridge wireing?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 17:14:19 -0400
  At 11:28 AM 7/26/2003, Randy Charrette wrote: >I am in the process of wireing in a westy fridge to my Syncro...
• Re: fridge tstat
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 08:34:10 -0700
  At 08:11 AM 7/25/2004, Jason Willenbrock wrote: >hey all, >my extremely loud fridge fan will not shut itslef off. is it...
• Re: Fridge Burner box
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:58:38 -0400
  ...Fridge Burner box Yeah, but with a propane fridge you don't have to leave your remote site for a while to go get...
• Re: New propane tank question
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:32:32 -0700
  It sounds like most of the use, in terms of time, was for the fridge. They use very little LP. Recently, I have been...
• Just how cold should that fridge get?
  Historical mailing list - Steven J. Hughes
  Sun, 30 Jun 96 14:17:59 -0500
  ...my leaky fuel line post! We went on a little trip this weekend to Lanesborough, Minnesota, and foudn that our fridge never really got...
• D'OH (metic) fridge
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 21 Sep 1997 22:08:03 -0700
  ...The fridge seems to be unable to get lower than 20-degrees cooler than the outside air. I had it on 110V for 2...
• Sorry missed thread, LP LEAK, use sealant?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Mon, 15 May 2000 09:06:30 MST
  Well after fooling with my 95 EVC Norcold fridge relighter I have it working. But now I have gas leaks at the flamebox connector...
• Re: Looking for Flue Vent assembly
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:55:09 -0400
  ...One of the previous > owners of my "new" 1985 Westy removed fridge and water > tank to improve storage. He then closed, bondo'd and...
• Fwd: Re: Refrigerator Problems
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mighton
  Mon, 24 May 1999 16:22:53 -0400
  >ITS WORKING!!!! I AM SO PLEASED AND EXCITED!! >I have now removed and replaced the fridge about 5 or 6 times.... I actually >lost...
• =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3a_I=e2=80=99m_leaving_the_Dometic_propane_brotherhood?=
  Historical mailing list - Jon VonOhlsen
  Fri, 10 Sep 2021 08:18:49 -0600
  I've set up a couple of Westy fridges and they work ok, just not cold enough when it's 95 out. I now...
• Re: Refrigerator Service
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Mon, 8 May 2006 09:27:44 -0700
  Summer is here and so are two of the most common topics, getting the fridge and air conditioning to work. There is no Freon...
• Re: Propex installation: lazy man's armchair plan
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Tue, 03 Dec 1996 13:20:00 -0500
  Larry Johnson suggested: >What if, I located the 3/8 inch (furnace/fridge) "T" under the van, by >the propane tank, right after the...
• Re: Dometic fridge question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 2 Jun 2014 10:34:56 -0400
  ...Dometic fridge question I have an 89 Westy with the stock Dometic fridge. When running it on the 12V battery option mode it does...
• Re: Second battery in Westy
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:22:43 -0400
  Mark, My van started life as the 86 Wolfsburg "weekender" with the aux battery and the portable fridge that plugged into the receptacle on...
• Re: Dometic fan cycle question
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Fri, 26 Sep 1997 19:00:34 8
  > Our Dometic fridge fan in our '85 Westy, when running on A/C, seems to > cycle alot. It goes on for about 5 seconds...
• Re: 2 way fridge?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Thu, 14 Nov 2002 05:08:03 -0800
  ...A copy of the fridge manual resides in the photo section of the group as well as a copy of the camper supplement manual...
• Re: Dometic Fridge Mod Update
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:12:39 +0000
  The other thing I have wondered about was retrofitting some Peltier Effect cooling modules to the fridge. http://www.mpja.com/prodinfo.asp?number...
• Vitrifrigo light lens hole
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:02:43 -0600
  ...that I left the fridge door open after cleaning up at the end of a trip and the fridge still had 115V power, the...
• Westphalia Dormatic fridge and sink bowl trouble
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Jul 1996 16:55:14 -0400
  ...Found a RV center who will for $150 service Dormatic fridge. thanks Chris from Calif
• Re: "Koolatron" cooler
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 08:26:43 -0600
  ...We installed it before leaving for California last year and the thing was on for the whole ride, 5000km! This little fridge kept us...
• Re: High alt. fridge
  Historical mailing list - Dan Herbert
  Wed, 10 Sep 1997 17:12:54 -0400
  ...It's now 10 September - please tell us what OWASCO, VW, and Winnebago did about the fridge retrofit! Thanks Dan On Sat, 6 Sep...