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• Re: 89 syncro westy backup 12 volt
  Historical mailing list - Alain Pierre Hovasse
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 18:50:38 -0400
  Interesting this notion of running the fridge on propane while driving. My other wagon in the UK would just snuff out each time, but...
• Refrigerator--Propane Jet Cleaning
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:19:16 +0000
  I pulled a 25 year old fridge out a burned up camper just b/c it was there (I have a 91 fridge so...
• Re: Fridge was Smoking!!!
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:51:33 -0700
  ...regardless of my spotty visual memory of where the wires live on the fridge itself. Neil. -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia. http://web...
• RE: EV LP gas ignition woes
  Historical mailing list - Lindblooms
  Tue, 15 Jul 1997 22:03:40 -0700
  ...I also discovered that the fridge dial in the owner's manual did not match the dial on my fridge. The manual has the...
• Re: product report
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 10:13:23 -0400
  ...I recently installed one of these in my Westy (with the "outside temp" sensor inside my Fridge). It's a nice handy addition, but...
• Re: Dometic 182 B Fridge- Ad Nauseum
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:46:32 -0400
  ...through a little glass window buried down inside, sorta like our fridges except not nearly so visible. I guess it's a good idea...
• Re: Unique Westy Interiors
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 3 Mar 2009 14:48:09 -0500
  ...I have often thought it would be neat to reduce the > size of the cooking/fridge/sink unit. Nice to see a pic of...
• Re: Fridge "pops" when I try to light it but.....
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 29 Apr 2000 17:17:39 -0400
  ...About 1/2 later, I tried starting the fridge on >propane. I held down the thermocoupler button for about 30 seconds, pumped >the air...
• Re: ebay car?
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Ford
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 14:03:27 -0500
  ...forgot the top was up, and went to pull out of the garage! Is that what a Dometic fridge looks like? Doug '90 GL...
• Re: More on fridge-be-gone (home brew version)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sat, 7 Nov 2020 15:19:12 -0500
  Re: Robert Keezer: From the WetWesties group: "It�s with sadness that I share that longtime member Robert Keezer died after a brief fight...
• ssolar cell for ev
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Low
  Thu, 13 Mar 97 15:19:04 EST
  ...I want it to help run the fridge rather than using propane. How much do they cost? Is one brand better than another? Thanks...
• Norcold Fridge data
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Low
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 08:49:34 EDT
  Thanks for the replies! A couple of other bits of data i would like: 1) Year of Van/how long you have had it...
• Re: Fridge Don't Fire Up...
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 23 Apr 2001 11:45:43 -0700
  ahhh, it must be spring again... Matthew Pollard http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 Dept. of Chemistry http://www.chem.uidaho.edu University of Idaho...
• Wanted: '89 Vanagon rear bumper, Westy front table
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 18:51:04 -0800
  ...Anyone have these? Oh, also a drip-tray for the fridge? Thanks, Karl
• Re: Westy fridge combustion chamber gasket replacement
  Historical mailing list - Ryan London
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 07:08:58 -0400
  I made my replacement from the red natural rubber gasket material sold on a roll at my local hardware store. It looked exactly like...
• Re: Westy fridge combustion chamber gasket replacement
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 22:06:18 -0500
  Mr.Wilder, Please develop on how you came up with the erroneous 220 degree (?) figure on a truck inner tube. You had one baking...
• Re: Another refrigerator question
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 05:29:17 -0700
  ...Just had my fridge out, got it back in last night, verdict still out on any improvement....
• Re: 12v Fan for fridge interior
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Thu, 15 May 2008 10:43:21 -0700
  Ooops, I thought you guys were talking about the fan in back. Sorry. The interior fan is a whole different deal, of course. I...
• Fridge wiring?
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:59:21 -0700
  Still struggling to make sense of this. When using a Westy kitchen in a non-westy van, can I just wire it directly to...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 24 Jul 2003 - Special issue (#2003-752)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Thu, 14 Aug 2003 18:41:28 -0800
  ...This discussion calls into question the sometimes suggested method for charging aux batteries in Westys by using the fridge relay as the source of...
• Leaky vent on Propane Shutoff valve?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:56:13 -0400
  We just got back from a cross country trip (see separate email) and had to run the fridge on DC while driving since it...
• Re: Vitrfrigio install report
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:03:49 -0400
  ...Opening the fridge a lot, will mean it cycles more. If the fridge is more tightly packed, it will cycle less. Etc. Lots of...
• '82 Westy diesel-to-gas w/ rebuilt trans! $5000 (Portland, OR)
  Historical mailing list - David J
  Fri, 8 Jul 2005 10:05:32 -0700
  ...Complete with both tables, curtain set and beautiful stove/sink/fridge module. Still has ice tray in fridge! Stove works fine, but fridge should...
• Re: Dometic Frig Will not stay cold with DC current
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 1 Jun 2012 13:27:49 -0400
  ...Go through the whole system (including the top of the fridge, if necessary) with the fridge running on DC and measure the voltage drops...
• Rear External Fridge Fan
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Fri, 9 May 2008 15:18:21 -0400
  I need some collective advice concerning replacing the fan on the rear of the fridge. The fan on the rear works, but I decided...
• Re: Mini Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:43:41 -0400
  The fridge doesn't operate at 12v 2.5amps. It's 120volts at 2.5 amps, aka about 25 amps at 12 volts. However...
• Re: coldness of frig
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 19:12:18 -0800
  ...These fridges work best when you "warm them up" on 110 before switching to propane. The key element to keeping a cold fridge is...
• P22 basemodel westy interior Re: westfalia interiors
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:03:15 EDT
  ...no stove or fridge. > is this some type of base model westfalia above the weekender or whatever > it was called. also the van had...
• Fwd: Got the wrong Vitrifrigo!
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Jefferson Kitts
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 14:19:10 -0700
  ...All the grey trim is there so I'd just have to cut off the top > of the fridge door to get a piece...
• Re: Fridge fan thermostat mounting screws
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 22 Aug 2015 18:12:33 -0400
  ...Yours, d At 12:49 PM 8/22/2015, Mike South wrote: >There is a thermostat on the back of the fridge connected to...
• Re: fridge thermometer
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 13:57:15 -0700
  ...I used a RSU 10640316 (very small and nice mounting flanges) plus a relay and gas solonoid to replace the thermostat in my fridge...
• Re: My fridge wants to know if it's level enough...
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 22:19:53 -0600
  ...keep reading here and there that the Dometic RM 182 B fridge | needs to be "level" when running.... | | Sooo... what does "level" mean? How...
• Re: silver socket
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Feb 2006 13:25:41 EST
  ...a stock location on the Weekender because of the optional > cooler/fridge that sat just behind the passenger seat on those models. It > utilized...
• Re: Dometic Improvements Adding Fans
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mikkelson
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 09:08:16 -0700
  ...I used your research to aid me in adding a Fridgemate fan last year as a second fan behind our refrigerator. Our main objective...
• Re: fridge/sink on 74 Westy - Answers and more questions
  Historical mailing list - Lars D. H. Hedbor
  Wed, 14 Aug 1996 12:00:59 -0700
  ...Do I need some > sort of special tool to light the pilot light? The fridge on my '75 remains an unmentionable mystery to me...
• Re: Another Dometic Problem, Archives searched
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 7 Jul 2006 14:56:58 -0700
  ...After leaving the fridge on propane > overnight > > I noted water condensate on the outside of the vent (actually could > see > > some steam) and an...
• Re: Disassembling Westy interior for Seam Rust battle?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 09:02:20 -0700
  ...I did mine in stages; the fridge was already out for troubleshooting, and the rest came out over a couple of days. The Bentley...
• Re: Solar panel, aux. battery, generator etc...
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 9 Mar 2016 19:28:37 -0800
  ...Now my experience since 2007 when I pulled the stock Dometic three way fridge and put in a Norcold 12v fridge. When I did...
• Re: Elec. Questions. YES it's about Aux Batt. NO, please don't shoot me.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:53:03 -0700
  ...I have never seen an official > >> camper diagram for those years that included an aux battery. > >> > >> > >> IIRC, the white wire is for the fridge...
• Re: RATS!! All that work, now Dometic won't cool on LP now Coffee
  Historical mailing list - Ellen in Oregon
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:23:01 -0700
  ...The fridge in my Lola is a Norcold, AC/DC model. It operates off the camping battery, not the starting battery. When the enigne...
• Re: Electric: Where should +12V to camping fusebox and relay originate?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Tue, 11 Mar 2014 07:33:32 -0700
  ...The camper appears to have a standard dual battery setup, but a previous owner has moved the fridge connection from the switched power on...
• Re: Refrigerator doesn't work yet.
  Historical mailing list - Yoshi
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 21:04:13 +0900
  Puzerewski said that: > I have taken apart a few of these fridges, and that hole in the vent pipe > should not be there. Someone...
• Misc Vanagon things for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:03:12 -0400
  Hi all Years ago I pulled the fridge in my 85 for more shelf space. So, I have a Fridge with both Shelves. Worked...
• Re: Dometic + related Electical Questions -- searched archives
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:56:42 -0400
  ...Not certain what it's for but It appears to fuse the >> > thermal switch for refer fan and 12V heating element via the fridge...
• Giving Back to the List
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Sat, 22 Feb 2020 12:07:15 -0500
  ...I have a Dometic Fridge - works! Front and Back chrome Vanagon bumpers GoWesty Hitch Driver and Passenger Power Mirrors Price list (OBO for list...
• Re: Dometic, Fridge, Door
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 23 Jan 2016 17:11:27 -0800
  ...On 1/23/16, Neil2 <vidublu@gmail.com> wrote: > Does anyone know if the fridge door can be reversed? And is there any > reason...
• Re: Camper question
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:37:51 -0500
  ...On the Eurovan Westy (Canadian model) when it was plugged, lights , fridge, aux.heater fan, and all the camper equipment, would be running off...
• =?windows-1252?Q?Re=3A_=5BVANAGON=5D_Another_dometic_question=97does_size_m?= =?windows-1252?Q?atter=3F?=
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 11:24:23 -0700
  My guess is that the larger fridge in question has a set of vent grilles for air in, exhaust out, and to help keep...
• Camper gear bargains, was: Re: Refrigerator lighting
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:49:03 -0700
  ...Mark Jeffrey Vickers wrote: > Since its Friday, I'll tell the rest of that fridge/eBay story: > > About two years ago I started looking...
• Re: Propex and Vitrifrigo DIY install info?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:45:00 -0700
  ...I will install this in the > lower cabinet between the fridge and the rear seat, as shown on Karl's > site. I already have...
• Re: 1995 Eurovan Camper for $27,000
  Historical mailing list - Macon Cowles
  Sun, 14 Sep 1997 16:09:44 -0600
  ...I recommend that you talk to the first owners of this vehicle and find out how the Norcold (which some pronounce "N'erCold") fridge...
• Vanagon stuff for sale / Westy stuff for sale.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 02:17:37 EST
  ...fit ANY vanagon or camper. (sorry, i am currently out of tan) ---------- vanagon westy sink faucet and knob. ---------- vanagon westy wire fridge racks ---------- '80...
• Re: dual battery? hobigesuss!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 16:28:25 -0700
  ...The fridge draws 7 to 8 amps. The water pump....? I forgot. Do you have other accessories you want to run of this circuit...
• Re: warm refer
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 08:22:51 -0500
  ...he wuz making ice >with fire. > >Well, hey this fridge works the same way. Are you sure your getting juice in >the 12 volt...
• Water sender
  Historical mailing list - David and Shirin
  Sun, 15 Aug 2004 10:36:16 -0400
  ...Are the bolts and seals still available? By the way the fridge worked better than ever with two computer fans on the back and...
• Trickle Charger (follow up 182 Amps)
  Historical mailing list - David Johnson
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:10:04 -0600
  ...Just so far have not gotten my fridge lit on propane yet, so will probably have to pull it and clean out the combustion...
• Re: door and shelf for fridge
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Thu, 24 May 2018 16:17:07 -0700
  door and shelves ontheway ed Edward V Barger edvbarger@mac.com 310 922 6251 > On May 24, 2018, at 4:11 PM, Dan N...
• Re: Westy 3-Way Fridge Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Nov 94 10:34:48 MST
  > The only Dometics with gauges instead of LED's that I have seen were in > pre-Vanagons. My 81 Westfalia has the green/red...
• Kitchen units
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 28 Nov 2000 17:34:51 -0800
  I am looking for kitchen units with working fridge in them with the neigboring cabinet that has the water tank in it. Anyone has...
• Replacement drain caps
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Thu, 23 Oct 2003 09:01:17 -0700
  My fridge drain uses a standard automotive schrader valve cap. Try a plastic one. The water tank cap is an odd bod. No idea...