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• FS: stove, fridge, inverter, sink, etc
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 24 May 2001 10:00:24 -0700
  ...These are all out of an aircooled westy. *Inverter- heavy and works *Fridge- dometic. I had it working on propane once up-on a...
• Re: [syncro.org] How-To's on pulling the fridge out
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 15:21:29 EDT
  ...Remove fridge. For more details, search the archive on the vanagon list (see community page on syncro.org for link to it) or take...
• Re: Dometic freezing up, fridge not getting cold
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:07:01 -0700
  There is only one pipe that actually enters the fridge itself. The fins are attached to that pipe. You can simply pull the fin...
• Re: [WetWesties] Brief Report on Norcold after a Week of Camping
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:02:12 -0700
  ...Over this past weekend, this fridge cycled on for about 5 or 6 minutes every 30 minutes with outside temps about 70 F (and...
• The Daily Rambling
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 08:31 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Drove home and parked on the street (flat) and left it running (the fridge, not the car). Came out about 10 minutes later, slid...
• Re: Norcold and Engel - Compressor Based Cooler/Freezer
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 19:37:50 -0700
  ...Sawafuji >has been manufacturing fridge sinc e 1962 and steadily impoving the >technology. It is now so reliable many portable fridge/freezer has been...
• Re: propane tank going bad
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Thu, 15 Oct 2015 00:38:05 -0400
  ...Then I bought a regulator and hose, an adapter that uses those little green tanks, replace my Dometic fridge with a compressor unit and...
• Re: Fridge Burner box
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:39:43 -0700
  ...COM> > Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 2:44 PM > Subject: Re: Fridge Burner box > > >> "Of course I really like my other food stuffs staying...
• The ever changing thread
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:47:41 -0400
  ...From engine conversions to solar panels to fridge replacements to lighting upgrades ....etc... Even though in its stock form it's a lot of...
• Re: '86Westy-2nd battery?&need jack,curtain,washer
  Historical mailing list - Jim Perry
  Fri, 22 Aug 1997 14:51:32 -0700
  ...what it's typically used for, but my Westy has no fridge or stove. Thanks for the clue though. --jp >---------- >From: Ron Lussier >Sent...
• 80 Camper
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Jul 1998 13:54:16 EDT
  ...Someone posted the bus had an icebox not a fridge. This thing has a front-loading fridge. If you put ice in it, it...
• Re: Inverter or AC/DC
  Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
  Fri, 28 May 1999 12:54:24 -0700
  ...I have a country homes camper conversion, and it uses a 2nd battery to power the fridge (only 2 way, no propane) and a...
• Re: price/availability of vanagon westy parts
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 19:33:39 -0700
  ...How much it would cost to buy the drivers >side camper setup, used? I would need the whole >stove/fridge/sink/cabinets/water tank...
• If you add a battery
  Historical mailing list - Wayne Hagan
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 23:32:26 -0800
  ...fan has a constant source of power, it will come on when ever the cavity behind the fridge gets hot (i.e. dark van...
• Re: Frig door hunt
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Wed, 7 Apr 2021 09:11:53 -0400
  ...Hi folks, > > As many folks replace the refrigerator with a truck fridge or > other arrangements I’m hoping a brown door in great shape...
• FS: cheap '87 Westy weekender w/ rare blue/grey interior on CL in NJ $2500 bux
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Apr 2017 15:08:18 -0400
  ...jumpseat and floor mount dometic fridge still there..stick shift and a/c.. 120k mi $2500 cheap!! located at East brunswick Foreign car 17...
• Parts wanted
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 3 Apr 2012 19:09:05 -0400
  ...Also, I would like to finally get my kitchen and fridge going, so I would like to buy a good and functioning used propane...
• Re: Red and black wire
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 2 Jan 2011 18:28:43 -0800
  ...top of the > driver's seat pedestal and plugs into the fridge relay only has two > wires -- the red and the blue. The red...
• Re: Fridge blows out while driving....
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 19 May 2009 21:14:33 -0400
  At 08:54 PM 5/19/2009, craig cowan wrote: >Yet alas, air is still getting in to blow it out! Any suggestions? Also...
• 87-91 Westfalia Differences
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:52:45 -0800
  What changes were made to the camper-specific features on Westfalia Full Campers from 87 to 91? Fridge, Stove, AC/DC/LP systems, tanks...
• A/C an' all that stuff.
  Historical mailing list - P.J. Kenny
  Tue, 29 Nov 1994 23:52:04 GMT
  I've been intently reading all the comments about 'fridges and air conditioning. You people should come over here. I have never *seen* (or...
• (U)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Jul 95 12:47:54 EDT
  ...when I noticed an 84 camper with its interior camping stove/fridge (hardly used as the van was a mobile vet truck) in mint...
• Re: Westy-ectomy and rats!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 13 Jun 1995 11:11:08 -0700 (PDT)
  So Dan Houg says: > The fan for cooling the fridge condensor is really a cheap looking > affair. I'm thinking of replacing or augmenting...
• Re: Awnings
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 May 1997 01:06:47 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Cris. '91 Westie "Fafner" '66 Kombi '67 Deluxe >> A&E Dometic (associated w/ the company who makes Westy fridges) Catalina 2000 gutter mount. Camping...
• Re: Westy fridge on propane, how effective?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Woods
  Sat, 30 May 1998 23:48:29 EDT
  Roy, My refridgerator in my '91 keeps things quite a bit colder than yours is doing. I make ice cubes in the little trays...
• Table won't open. Any ideas how to open?
  Historical mailing list - JohnR
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 13:38:56 -0600
  I recently bought myself a 90 Westy without the sink/fridge, etc. It has a pop out table on the wall that refused to...
• That's the tiniest ice cube tray I ever seen..!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 21:36:28 -0800
  I found one of the Dometic ice cube trays hiding behind the cooling thingy inside my fridge. Wow, now I can make about 50...
• So many campers, so few poptop weekenders
  Historical mailing list - Ron LK Johnson
  Tue, 8 May 2007 00:40:29 -0700
  ...Have many people pulled out the fridge/stove/sink and re-worked the seat/bed so they have something more like a weekender? What...
• Dometic refrigerator, Circulating fan, 12v power
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:35:01 -0700
  Hey Volks, So where is the easiest/best circuit (harness connector preferably) to tap for installing a fan inside the fridge? I'd like...
• Fwd: camper water level indicator
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 14 Jun 2019 23:02:13 -0400
  ...Rather it lights up if there is sufficient heat. > I've actually had mine on when using DC to "power" the fridge. Sorry, it...
• Run time to charge Aux battery
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 5 Sep 2009 02:03:44 -0700
  ...This is used to run my Waeco fridge, which takes about 7 amps when it runs, but only runs about every 10 minutes for...
• More Questions...78 Westfalia!
  Historical mailing list - Adam Crawford Webb
  Sun, 26 May 1996 17:56:35 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Does anyone know what this is for? 2.> I have an electric fridge and two (12V) batteries. How long can I leave the fridge...
• Re: Question about Syncro models
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 18:12:12 -0400
  ...I was wondering if VW ever built a Syncro that had a pop-top but no stove/fridge unit. I've seen evidence of...
• Re: what you missd from not pulling your fridge
  Historical mailing list - Nolan Hester
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 09:13:10 -0700
  ...what you missd from not pulling your fridge | | | Would be good if you could get them posted in the vanagon.com site's | | Refrigerator...
• Re: ugh!! fridge still blowing out!!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 00:39:31 -0700
  ...check the archives, tried gasket sealant, > readjusted the flue itself, > pulled fridge and made sure the combustion chamber > was cleaned and sealed, > measured the...
• Re: What do you cook when camping?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Fri, 29 Jul 2005 13:43:39 -0700
  Pasta, quesadillas, soup (frozen, keeps the fridge cold, too), chili, burritos (rice, black beans, frozen chicken breasts, cheese, lettuce, tomato, salsa, avocado), cereal or...
• Re: Crumbling Flue Vent Cover
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:33:17 -0700
  ...table. > > He wrote about it here: > > http://members.shaw.ca/McTavishPAC/fridge/fridge.html > > Neil. > > -- > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia. > > http://web.mac...
• Re: '56 progress - 'fridge
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Thu, 12 Jan 95 10:09:33 PST
  ...The electric <12V/110V, no propane> fridge was part of the "deluxe" camper as was the propane stove. Standard campers have an icebox and...
• Re: FS: 82 camper (not westy) (rough) $600
  Historical mailing list - k1cajun
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 17:09:26 -0500
  ...A generic sunroof in the top (no pop-top) with cheapo roof > rack like on old station wagons, a pedestal galley with fridge, stove...
• Norcold 12v dc installation question
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:28:12 -0700
  I have a Norcold 12v/110ac 2-way fridge that I am selling. I have a prospective 'local' buyer. This fridge is Mod. # DE...
• Re: Dometic in 100F ambient?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:47:38 -0700
  ...F weather in B.C. interior. Temps in van slightly higher. Fridge has maintained (when driving, or at camp with open slider door) low...
• Re: Dometic Fridge: Bah Humbug! <grin>
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:24:12 -0500
  ...The fan should turn off once > fridge is off for a while. Not sure if high ambient temps would heat > up fin enough to...
• Re: Fridge Burner box
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:22:57 -0700
  ...are 2 different versions of the fridge burner box, 182A and 182B. > The vast majority of fridges are the 182B type that replaced the...
• Re: Bus Depot auxillary battery hook up kit #1738-cant figure it out
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:37:57 -0700
  ...The supply voltage for the fridge relay comes from the dash fuse panel where it is reduced by the length and size of the...
• Re: Fridge problem... which thing is malfunctioning?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 16 May 2015 15:49:46 -0500
  ...At 04:31 PM 5/16/2015, Dennis Haynes wrote: >> >>> The fridge lighting and then immediately going out is usually a sign >>> of a...
• Re: Refrigerator lighting
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:57:48 -0700
  ...altitude of about 7K - 8K feet and I lit up the fridge as I normally do and came back later to find the flame...
• Re: Fridge Burner box
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:17:57 -0500
  ---- neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > One point I noticed recently on my new 182B. Dometic does not list a new 182B, and even...
• Re: Dometic fridge works out of the van, but not in it.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 14:26:42 -0400
  On 8/5/11 12:55 PM, Karl Wolz wrote: > Michael, > > Are you preheating your exhaust riser by running for a while on electric...
• Re: Refrigerator propane consumption
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 04 Jun 1996 22:31:13 -0700
  Leonard Jones wrote: > 1) Size and model of fridge - there are a lot of 'em I didn't know Westys had differently sized refrigerators...
• RE: deep cycle batteries
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Jan 95 08:52:47 EST
  ...I have a similar fridge power-draw in my van. I draw power from a deep cycle battery also. The best I've been...
• Dometic on 12 volts?
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 08:38:46 -0600
  Vanagoneers, How long should I expect an Optima 12v deep cycle battery to last with the fridge on it? Also when I wired up...
• Re: Cool Vanagon found on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 25 Aug 1999 21:50:02 -0500
  ...no stove, no sink, no fridge. and only the rear cabinets. $15,000 is too much. cept maybe in california. :)
• 89 Vanagon Camper
  Historical mailing list - Steve Mozurkewich
  Thu, 21 Nov 2002 09:05:17 -0500
  ...Can anyone help? The van has no rust, 147,000 miles, fridge and stove work, ice cube trays are present, pop-top is in...
• 2. 1 engine and ic trays
  Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
  Tue, 21 Jan 2003 03:50:32 -0500
  ...Found a little baby ice tray in the fridge... what's the deal with them. What is it's value , anyone want it.... Regards...
• Re: westy fridge combustion chamber sealing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 20:45:27 -0500
  At 08:13 PM 12/15/2002, Edward Maglott wrote: >the screws helped some. So, how critical is it to have this perfectly >sealed...
• Re: Full Westy vs "Weekender" Pop-Top Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 30 Aug 2003 19:03:32 -0400
  ...They camp exclusively at parks with electrical hookups, so they use a regular "cube fridge" (a leftover from my college days, actually) in their...
• Re: 89 Camper - Smelly fridge
  Historical mailing list - Monty
  Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:07:58 -0600
  Thanks for the advice. I'll look at it this weekend. Any idea where I can get something to replace the gasket if it...
• Used Parts Sale
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:46:52 -0700
  ...striped) -Dometic Fridge 182B (unknown condition) -A/C Ducting, early & late style Priced right, just ask. Trying to get rid of some of the...
• Re: Opinions-Well, It's Mine Now
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:47:52 -0700
  hi Jeff, Congrats ! on the fridge ..yes ....85 Wolfsburg Weekenders have a 12 volt fridge right behind the passenger's front seat. it's...
• Re: DC Refrigerator Alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:08:58 -0700
  ...If the Westy fridge was just flipped over on its little backside >it would become a good bucket to hold the cold. The refrigeration...