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• Update on NH '79 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  19 Jun 95 12:44:12 EDT
  --- 1979 VW Westfalia, Weekender pkg, fully self cont, sink, fridge, sleeps 4, 1800 cc FI, go anywhere you want for ony $2750, 508-485...
• Prices and German vs. U.S Eurovan
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Low
  Sun, 26 Jan 97 7:25:47 EST
  ...The dealer told me that the german on is shorter but by how much? Do the fridges work differently? One propane. Anyway what do...
• propane shut-off...not shut-off!
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Ralphs
  Thu, 14 May 1998 01:49:37 -0700
  ...It's good and tight but the fridge and stove continue to work. I haven't worried about it for three years but would...
• Vanagon Camper Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Zimmermann
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 21:02:25 -0800
  ...The vendor can supply cabinetry and most any type of appliance currently available for the Westphalia, including propane stove, fridge, and sink. The vendor...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 16 Dec 1999 to 17 Dec 1999 - Special issue
  Historical mailing list - ~David~M-
  Fri, 17 Dec 1999 11:24:01 -0500
  ...Ice Cream Conversion I would like to convert the fridge in my weekender to an ice cream maker. Should I rewire the batteries in...
• Re: '87 westy fs $4500 need area code!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 17 Nov 2001 13:58:46 -0500
  ...Bill Kasper wrote: > VW 1987 Westfalia Camper Van, 85K, stove, fridge, sink, sleeps 4. > $4,500. Call 466-1646. > > not mine, usual disclaimers. > > bill...
• Re: battery read above the fridge
  Historical mailing list - Steve Mozurkewich
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 13:55:21 -0600
  I'm thinking of buying a electronic 12v battery reader. I'm just wondering where the power went of if the reading is inaccurate...
• FS 82 camper Denver, CO $650 ... sorta
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 3 Oct 2003 08:20:00 -0500
  ...Poptop, cabinets, sink, stove and fridge useable. Very dirty, but a great find for converting a standard vanagon. No front seat swivels, but front...
• WTB; camper fuse box...
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:02:01 EDT
  ...I think its for the Fridge, or the rear light, not sure. What I am sure about is I smashed the pumpkin out of...
• Re: Annual Dometic Adventures
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 15 May 2005 17:02:47 -0700
  ...I find that if I leave the propane on, at the tank, for a day, PRIOR to trying to start the fridge for the...
• Re: Wanted: westy fridge/stove face strip
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:08:52 -0700
  On 3/31/05 10:00, "Jim Felder" <felder@KNOLOGY.NET> wrote: > I don't know what to call it, but it's the...
• Re: Strange switch near sink
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 9 Aug 2007 08:54:11 -0400
  ...which turns off the 12V refrigerator feed when the ignition is off, allowing the fridge to be powered when the bus isn't running.
• Re: Fridge frustration
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 19 Jul 2015 13:54:00 -0500
  ...mcneely ---- Maureen <maureenehall@YAHOO.CA> wrote: > Hi folks > > My original 91 fridge has stopped running on gas. It worked when I put it to...
• Re: Marshall 290 Regulator Cover
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:21:24 -0700
  ...propane �pressure settings to see what effect it has on > the fridge operation. �I �have a fairly new, one year I think, Marshall > Brass...
• Re: Dometic problems
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 1 Sep 2009 06:08:51 EDT
  ...Just because the stove works "great" does not mean the regulator is good for the fridge service. Easiest check is to take your barbecue...
• Re: Just got a 1987 Westy Syncro!!
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Jul 1996 19:55:33 -0300 (ADT)
  ...any suggestions >there? I've read the fridge suggestions on the syncro page (I tried rapid >fire ignition plunges.. holding the B button down...
• Re: using vanagon bench seat in a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ed Stevens
  Sat, 19 Jul 1997 15:03:27 -0400
  ...open the fridge door with it in >there (just slide it to clear the door when you want access to the fridge) In order...
• Re: Norcold AC/DC refrigerators...
  Historical mailing list - Roger&Zoe Ann Banker
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 18:19:14 EDT
  ...Like any fridge, if it is very hot inside the van, the fridge works harder, and may not keep as cold as desired, but...
• Re: Dometic vent
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 17:00:13 -0800
  ...Depending on what you are trying to do, you may need to remove both (if you want to pull the fridge out away from...
• Re: Fridge Question
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:37:20 -0800
  ...My question is in regard to fridge > suggestions. > 1) I'm leaning to gas absorption models. From the > little I've seen on the...
• Re: Fitting dual tanks (propane)
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:15:53 -0600
  ...gauge fitted in line before they are routed to the stove, fridge and a small heater. So without fill gauges (which have been discussed...
• Re: Electric confusion
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lumb
  Wed, 5 Feb 1997 18:31:10 +0200
  ...I subsequently rewired the 'house' electrics (fridge, strip lights, heater, fresh water pump etc) onto the aux battery via an additional fuse box put...
• Re: Driving with LP appliances on
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Fri, 29 May 1998 08:41:01 8
  ...Driving with LP appliances on > The fridge does not go out at highway speeds. It works great. An > unusual wind current may once a...
• advice needed on a purchase
  Historical mailing list - Bob Thompson
  Wed, 5 Sep 2001 07:11:58 -0700
  ...the sink, not the engine), nor the fridge worked (I didn't try running the fridge on propane, only AC and DC). None of...
• Re: Power plans and questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 23:57:15 -0500
  ...It operates the fridge cooling fan, controls, indicator lamps, and the sink water pump. 12.5 amps is a fairly heavy load. If you...
• Re: Crossing the Canadian border...
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 22 Jul 2015 14:12:03 -0300
  ...customs officer looked in the fridge, remarked that it was actually cool, and removed my son's bag of carrots indicating we were not...
• Camper cabinets
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Dec 1995 12:12:36 PST
  ...The guy said it was an electric fridge unit and showed me a control panel which looked to be a battery gauge and a...
• No Longer a Wannabus...
  Historical mailing list - David Mingay/STA/Lotus
  20 May 96 14:00:00 EDT
  ...It's fully equipped, with a fridge, cooker and sink. It's so good that I'm having problems trying to find jobs to...
• Re: Dometic
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:04:41 -0700
  ...noticed that the refrigerator cooling fan is running even though the fridge is not on. Since my Westy is garaged, I have not recently...
• Re: '86 Vanagon West Camper
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:53:21 -0500
  ...The fridge will run about three weeks in moderate weather, based on experience and with no stove use. Yours, David
• Re: dead dometic
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 2 Aug 2011 11:40:38 -0600
  ...COM> wrote: > hello all, > i'm feeling sad as our dometic fridge ... Cannot the gas jet be replaced? If new parts are not available...
• Re: Question about 86 Synchro Weekender
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 15:32:55 -0800
  ...I thought the westy weekender had something like the fridge and the poptop but no stove/sink/other cabients. dave
• What model fridge in the EV????
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 13 May 1998 08:47:17 -0400
  Dear Volks, As I continue to explore the refrigerator options available to us poor Vanagon Westy owners with archaic Dometic RM182's, a thought...
• Dometic (again)
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 8 Sep 1998 22:04:35 -0700
  ...But despite all this - with an empty fridge, I can't do better that 20 degrees less than the inside van temp. Regardless of...
• Parts wanted--SF bay area
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Sat, 8 Sep 2001 23:19:48 -0700
  ...Also, looking for westy being parted out--pop top and perhaps even the fridge, etc. I am looking for ultra cheap stuff. Thanks in...
• 87 Westy GL for sale in MA
  Historical mailing list - Pam Browning
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 20:09:33 -0500
  ...The sink, stove & fridge have never been used, it has 90000 miles. It won the Litchield CT show in 1999. It's too nice...
• Re: well, it's friday isn't it
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 7 Dec 2001 18:36:45 EST
  ...You cannot stash those poor defenseless chickens in your fridge when you cross the Canadian border. <what were YOU people thinking?> BenT sense of...
• Sharing a voltmeter between two batteries
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 16:57:48 -0500
  ...the wiring required remove the isolation between the two bateries? I am using the "silver fridge relay" setup from www.vanagon.com Thanks, Chris
• Re: Comments wanted on this portable fridge
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 4 Aug 2007 18:08:01 -0700
  Sorry Mark, all my Physics 101 books just went to Goodwill. Wouldn't help anyway, all in MKS anyway... On 8/4/07, Mark...
• Re: Solar panels for your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:32:21 -0700
  ...When I mount the Norcold I'll use pieces of it where the 'fridge comes in contact with anything so that the vibrations from...
• Re: Refrigerator Fan Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Sun, 1 Aug 2004 01:08:04 -0400
  ...i am excited about having a new fan, as i have spent most of the summer with fan disconnected, an still keeping fridge cold...
• Propex Installation, Day Three
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Fri, 29 Nov 1996 21:21:25 +0000
  ...The 1/4 inch line will come in from the partition with the fridge, do a 90 to go up along the side of...
• Re: Dometic refrigerator fail
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:54:14 -0400
  ...If you have power there it's time to dig into the fridge deeper and most likely require you to pull it out. I...
• Re: Painting my 83.5 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 22:16:02 -0500
  ...Ensure that the body shop/painter does a good job sealing openings such as the fridge flue vent before sanding. Grit will find its...
• Re: heavy duty 2nd Battery relay source
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 22:21:04 +0100
  ...In most Westys I use the fridge relay output > to trigger the aux bat relay and this means the aux battery is NOT > connected...
• Re: Vitrifrigo/Truck Fridge power usage
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:01:11 -0400
  ...8 A?) > >MULLENDORE! > > From <http://www.westyventures.com/parts.html> : "...the fridge > operates on 12 or 24 volts ... Current draw on 12 volt is...
• westy manuals and other stuff
  Historical mailing list - Eric Walter Dahlstrom
  Tue, 25 Oct 1994 18:29:45 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I have narrowed it to the fridge, perhaps one of the relays but have been unwilling to pull it out. Since I have been...
• Re: Vanagon Westy insulated?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Sep 95 21:34:53 EDT
  jag@cs.rochester.edu writes: > > Is the Vanagon Westy insulated? When I fixed some rust around my > fridge flue vent and hookups I found...
• Re: water system question
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 05:42:11 -0700
  ...Also you can R&R the propane combustion chamber while the fridge is out. See the recent posts on that subject and I have...
• Re: Battery response try again.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 15 Jul 2021 20:06:40 -0400
  ...You stop for lunch with the fridge on for an hour, taking off that surface charge, start up and bring it up again. Do...
• Re: Dometic thermostat control knob
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:08:28 -0400
  ...Any suggestions on appropriate lubricant and how to apply without taking fridge out? > >>> > >>> The fridge has been working great... > >>
• Fixed Propane (profane?) Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Sat, 30 Aug 2003 10:47:24 -0700
  ...Of course, more stubborn fridges may require more aggressive means, but try the easy solutions first. "OK, I'll leave it at that since...
• Re: Body Work, welding, and danger - A question
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:08:53 -0700
  ...Body Work, welding, and danger - A question > Sam you would be surprised how easy it is to pull the fridge, stove, > and water tank...
• Re: Re: kooltrons (was Re: STAT...)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 15 Sep 94 8:39:07 PDT
  ...a lack > > of cooling power, than the hassle of lighting the fridge. It just doesn't > > seem to light until my thumb is good...
• Westy-ectomy and rats!
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Tue, 13 Jun 1995 13:00:16 CST6CDT
  ...The fridge comes out like cake. The fan for cooling the fridge condensor is really a cheap looking affair. I'm thinking of replacing...
• Re: Water sender
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 15 Aug 2004 12:38:44 -0500
  ...Are the bolts and seals still > available? > By the way the fridge worked better than ever with two computer > fans on the back and...
• Re: Fridge....should it stay on...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 25 May 2005 19:22:52 -0700
  ...COM> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 2:56 PM Subject: Re: Fridge....should it stay on... RE: Driving with the LP on on the...
• Re: Vent cover
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 16 May 2006 20:32:18 -0700
  ...on without having it blow (or drown out) on "Ole Putt". Fridge worked just fine on LP. As Dave says, it is only to...
• Re: Searching the Vanagon archives
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 2 Oct 2007 17:56:12 -0400
  ...Trying to figure out why the >>Vanagon list archive search didn't find the messages >>that had "Dometic" "frig" "fridge" "level" in them-- >>I...
• Re: Dometic mystery ....more clues!
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:19:58 -0600
  ...I have thought of Paul's situation where the bench-testing fridge worked fine until he added the vent cover. The only idea that...