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• Re: Refrigerator burner box gasket wanted
  Historical mailing list - robert
  Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:25:56 +0000
  ...Refrigerator burner box gasket wanted The gasket in my Domestic 182 refrigerator in my 1987 Westy that is in the burner box (the large...
• replace refrigerator diode--need help choosing a diode
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Sat, 6 Sep 1997 17:00:15 -0400
  The red low water diode in my refrigerator light indicator panel is out. Does anybody know what kind of diode I should solder in...
• Re: refrigerator failure, '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Thu, 2 Feb 2012 20:04:17 -0800
  ...The igniter reigniter, used on certain Dometic model refrigerators, operates on 12 volt current. On gas operation the igniter senses the resistance through the...
• Re: questions from a Vanagon novice
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 23:20:28 -0500
  Joy Hecht wrote: > Hi folks, > <SNIP> > - Refrigerator. > Does anyone have experience with uncooperative Dometic > refrigerator pilot lights? I've read some of the stuff...
• Re: RV REFRIGERATORS!
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 01:06:25 -0600
  ...In fact I've heard mixed reports about how that has affected RV refrigerators. I have heard a few reports about refrigerators that wouldn...
• Re: 1988 Camper Manual Download
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:23:44 -0400
  >>...I noticed a small difference in the Dometic Refrigerator controls between the 1988 and mine. Refrigerator model must have changed between those years. << The...
• Re: Adding a new refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 9 Nov 2013 15:01:12 -0600
  At 11/9/2013 12:07 PM, Geneva Saint-Amour wrote: >Hello-We are looking into a new refrigerator. We do have some >specifics...
• Re: refrigerator behavior
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:06:13 -0500
  Dennis, the exhaust vent was warmish but not hot like when the refrigerator is running on propane. After I relit it (if that is...
• Re: Frig running.....
  Historical mailing list - Laura Olson
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:13:04 -0500
  ...That applies whether the > refrigerator is on or off. > > Some people wire the auxiliary battery in so that it will run the > refrigerator when...
• That cig lighter socket in the wheel well
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 17 Jun 1995 13:04:13 -0400
  ...Really? That's for the refrigerator. Dave: But you don't have a refrigerator. Kevin: I know. Dave: But you don't have a...
• Re: refrigerator failure, '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:36:13 -0600
  ...I had totally forgotten that when I leave both the refrigerator and the stove off for more than a week or so in cold...
• Re: resurrection?
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:35:30 -0700
  ...I also found that the lack of 12 V power to the refrigerator > was due to a loose connection that powers both the refrigerator...
• DC refrigerator options
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:00:27 -0600
  Have any of you purchased the Engle DC refrigerator GoWesty is offering as a Dometic replacement? It doesn't fit in the Dometic cabinet...
• Re: refrigerator behavior
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:01:50 -0500
  ...Some time later, Bonnie was getting something from the refrigerator, and she said, "David, the refrigerator is warm." I checked all I could think...
• Re: How propane refrigerators work
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 20:04:05 -0600
  Propane refrigerators of today that are found in the Westy's use heat of the flame as the energy source to drive the cooling...
• Re: Quick Mod : Blue LED for Refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - Various
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 15:03:29 -0300
  ...Blue LED for Refrigerator wow, that is cool. good idea mike. (ANOTHER thing to put on my to-do list) > Last night I replaced...
• Re: Dometic failure on propane, one time
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:08:22 -0500
  ...Jim On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > My Dometic refrigerator failed to ignite on propane...
• refrigerator work
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 6 Mar 2015 14:08:52 -0600
  The refrigerator in my 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile began some malfunctions last year, and given all that's been going on I have...
• Dometic - Have Flame - No Cooling
  Historical mailing list - IR Student
  Fri, 13 Jun 97 07:58:00 PDT
  After many months of study, pondering, frustration, and fidgeting with my refrigerator, I've come to the conclusion that I NEED HELP! I have...
• Westy refrigerator install
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Sun, 14 Jul 2002 02:20:16 +0000
  <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>How hard would it be to take a refrigerator out of a westy and put it in a...
• Re: frig
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 9 Aug 2014 08:56:55 -0500
  ---- Mike Riley <mkriley@FUSE.NET> wrote: > Fridge is a contraction of fridgidaire not refrigerator > Mike True. Fridgedaire was one of the early brands of...
• Re: What is "Level"?
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Wed, 1 Oct 1997 07:32:28 8
  > Instructions for the Dometic refrigerator specify not to operate it > unless it is "level" or damage will occur. Does anyone know the > specifications for...
• Re: refrigerator behavior
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:54:53 -0500
  ...Some time later, Bonnie was getting > something from the refrigerator, and she said, "David, the refrigerator is > warm." I checked all I could think...
• Re: Dometic Frig - Do These Really Work?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 10 Aug 1998 19:31:02 -0700
  From personal experience, and the comments on the web, I've come to conclude that the Dometic refrigerator exists solely to fight boredom on...
• Re: resurrection?
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 11 Jul 2017 06:56:20 -0700
  ...I also found that the lack of 12 V power to the refrigerator > > was due to a loose connection that powers both the refrigerator...
• Re: Dometic failure on propane, one time
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:08:00 -0700
  ...Since I had recently checked the system, including the refrigerator, I considered all ok, and left for the trip the next day. > > When we...
• Re: refrigerator fan
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 22 Jul 2004 09:13:44 -0700
  ...Us there an easy way to check > if the fan is working properly? What are the consequences of the > refrigerator running w/o proper...
• Refrigerator door panel
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:34:58 -0700
  ...Just the outside door panel, not the bit that actually keeps the refrigerator cool. Hopefully in the tan / brown trim colours, and hopefully with...
• Re: Dometic
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:01:23 -0500
  ---- Finn Runyon <finnrunyon@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > A friend who parks his van outside in the intense NM sun has noticed that the refrigerator cooling...
• Re: [NVC] Create electricity-free cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:41:16 -0500
  ...Have you done any experimentation to determine just how cold this "refrigerator" will be compared to ambient, at different relative humidity values? mcneely ---- Rocket...
• Re: Refrigerators, alarms, fans and other toys
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 May 95 10:03:35 -0400
  Ok, I'm going to try this audiovox alarm and assume that the cooling fan in the refrigerator doesn't draw enough current to...
• Refrigerator parts and stool/box- more clear
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:38:32 -0700
  Hey! From the refrigerator removal= We have the door shelf, wire racks, drip tray and ice trays available if anyone wants them. Also an...
• Re: fridge info
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 02:51:16 -0500
  For the person who asked for info about Westy refrigerators, here's the URL for info from the vanagon.com website: http://vanagon.com...
• Re: Isolator, where to put it?
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Sat, 23 Jan 1999 20:57:39 -0800
  Greetings, With regard to relays in "campers": "3-way refrigerator relay": The 2 vanagon full westfalia campers ('81 and '90) that I have owned...
• Missing Refrigerator button or knob fix
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:17:00 -0700
  For a refrigerator knob B fix if lost use a ball point pen cap or cut the housing to length. Just slice the end...
• Change of the propan-gas tank.
  Historical mailing list - Noriyoshi Yuzurihara
  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 15:20:45 +0900
  ...I don't know why a refrigerator doesn't work. Your advice is necessary for me. The tech of the refrigerator ignition is told...
• Re: water/fridge annunciator panel
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 22:38:19 -0500
  ...have the instrument "level/refrigerator panel" that you need. -Larry > Does anyone other than VW sell the water level/refrigerator panel for a > Westy...
• Re: refrigerator failure, '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:10:42 -0600
  ...So, that means I need to pull the refrigerator and find the leak. All joints suspect, I assume. I have never smelled propane except...
• Re: Refrigerator Fans
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 00:51:49 -0400
  Mike - While you have it on the bench, get a hefty friend to come over and help you turn the refrigerator upside down and...
• Re: Dometic Fridge: Bah Humbug! <grin>
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:31:23 -0500
  ...The reason the > >> >> > refrigerator has a 12 V mode is for driving. If the refrigerator is > >> >> > reasonably well maintained, the 12 V mode works...
• Re: refrigerator failure, '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:53:56 -0600
  ...I > had totally forgotten that when I leave both the refrigerator and the stove > off for more than a week or so in cold...
• Re: 1988 Camper Manual Download
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:39:59 -0500
  ...My refrigerator works great. The only time I have had any difficulty starting it on propane was once when it had sat for several...
• Re: Please, Please, suspected refrigerator propane leak, help please.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 17:13:07 -0500
  At 04:36 PM 1/14/2002, sanford schulwolf wrote: >Question, has anyone ever had a leak in the >refrigerator itself? If so was...
• needed: refrigerator door
  Historical mailing list - jennifer dumpert
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 19:04:52 +0000
  Hey Volks, The refrigerator door of my (brown) 1986 Westfalia has broken. I'm looking for a replacement. Anyone got one to donate or...
• Refrigerator search
  Historical mailing list - Peter Zendzian
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 15:47:06 -1000
  ...I am looking for either an AC/DC or AC/DC/Propane refrigerator to permanently install in my camper conversion that I am near...
• Refrig. Operation Manual Part1
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 10:33:11 -0500
  ...But first, it is important to understand a queer thing about how the refrigerator works. Basically, the refrigerator produces cold inside when you apply...
• FS: Dometic AC/DC Refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - Mike Wagner
  Sun, 17 Jan 1999 13:05:23 -0500
  I have a Dometic AC/DC Refrigerator for sale - its the ice chest style that came standard in Vanagon Westy weekenders and Multivans - mounts...
• Re: resurrection?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:07:31 +0000
  ...I also found that the lack of 12 V power to the > refrigerator > > > was due to a loose connection that powers both the refrigerator...
• Re: refrigerator behavior
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 23:06:00 -0400
  ...refrigerator behavior Dennis, the exhaust vent was warmish but not hot like when the refrigerator is running on propane. After I relit it (if...
• Re: Dometic Fridge: Bah Humbug! <grin>
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:10:26 -0700
  ...The reason the refrigerator has a 12 V mode is for driving. If the refrigerator is reasonably well maintained, the 12 V mode works...
• RV REFRIGERATORS!
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 23:45:45 -0500
  Volks, I have NO idea of what constitutes proper maintenance of RV refrigerators. BUT, as a veterinarian, I come into contact with an amazing...
• Re: refrigerator: eurospec "pressure"?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 15 May 1998 10:31:24 -0400
  ...20.09 in of H20 So does anyone know if a refrigerator that requires 12.05 in of H20 pressure will work in US...
• Norcold AC/DC refrigerators...
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 15:50:55 -0500
  ...here is full swing, I've taken to looking for a refrigerator for Phred, my bus. There are, after all, a few beverages that...
• Gasoline operated refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - Javier Zavala
  Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:04:35 -0500
  ...This is a refrigerator that allows gasoline to pass thru a kind of radiator which produces the cold. It looks and is (according to...
• Re: refrigerator question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 20:47:18 -0400
  ...refrigerator question On our recent trip to Big Bend National Park, the Dometic refrigerator misbehaved. I typically run it on battery on the road...
• Re: Frig running.....-Refrigerator power consumption.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:03:41 -0400
  ...That applies whether the refrigerator is on or off. Some people wire the auxiliary battery in so that it will run the refrigerator when...
• Re: Dometic failure on propane, one time
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:19:47 -0400
  ...Dometic failure on propane, one time My Dometic refrigerator failed to ignite on propane one time, and that was recent. In preparation for the...
• Re: Dometic Improvements Adding Fans
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mikkelson
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 09:08:16 -0700
  ...You can find his article at: >ftp://gerry.vanagon.com/pub/technical/Refrigerator-Manual.txt > > >And now for "Refrigerator Fan Insanity": >I spent A...
• Dometic refrigerator thermal paste source?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:49:57 -0400
  I'm working on my '86 Westy Dometic refrigerator so at least some things can be kept somewhat cool and everything doesn't have...
• fridge - no run on 12v, gas :-(
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Prescott
  Mon, 9 Aug 1999 15:45:56 EDT
  ...Cleaning out the van and putting things away lead to pulling the refrigerator to try to resolve the following problems: Refrigerator runs OK on...