

| Subject: | Re: dometic 182b question |
| From: | Kim Brennan |
| Date: | Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:56:22 -0500 |
Hmm. I would go with the mastic used for PC heat sinks. On Nov 7, 2005, at 7:46 PM, roger sisler wrote: > Hello, I am trying to get better preformance from my dometic(good > luck).Got all winter to succeed , right? well,I am reinstalling the > evaperater plate to the black refrigeration pipe at the rear of the > frig ,and have questions about this.Between the pipe and the plate > goes a product called thermal mastic.I am getting better tempatures > without this mastic.However I think ice will get between he pipe > and plate to cause heaving.That is no good .In addition to > transferting heat efficently, the mastic prevents this ice from > forming.The masitc I bought is not too good a heat conducter. It is > for gas friges though. Maybe I am not using this product correctly. > Comes in a caulk tube. It is rather dry and doesnt give a good > coating unless very thick.Can I mix this with something so it will > spread better?It is like cookie dough that is too dry.Need to > moisten it up.Comes out of the tube like this.I also tried to use > heat sink compound. The type that goes between electronic heat > sinks and the > chassis. Also this is used for soldering diodes and transisters so > they wont burn out.. Doesnt work to well. Even worse than mastic.If > the ice is not a problem, I will go without any produce as it is > far and away the best way yet as far as tempatures go.I ordered a > new orifice from bus boys today.Cant wait to compare this new piece > with the 2 old jets that I have. Lets get our dometics working > like they should.Roger > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.
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