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Refrigerator did cool, but no more!
Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:53:58 -0600
...Refrigerator did cool, but no more! My Dometic refrigerator generally has cooled decently, getting the interior down to 40-60, depending on the heat...
Re: SubaGon resale values
Historical mailing list - A. Schnickelgruber
Fri, 1 Jun 2001 21:41:53 -0500
...Especially no refrigerators, or chillers, or ice boxes, from San Fruito. ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ||-(())----(())-| Terry 74 Campmobile (Clementine) 85 GL 86 BMW 325 ES
Re: Refrigerator lighting
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Thu, 1 Sep 2011 07:16:27 -0400
...You must go here > www.vwbusshop.de/ < then choose "English" if you wish, then "Westfaila T3", then "Refrigerator" On 2011-09-01, at 6...
Re: Middle Seat for 87 Vanagon GL Westphalia Camper
Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
Fri, 18 Apr 1997 07:34:53
>I don't know if the standard middle two-person seat from a 7-seat van >will fit in a camper with the refrigerator...
Re: needed: refrigerator door
Historical mailing list - Felder
Fri, 7 Nov 2003 13:58:59 -0800
...Jim On Friday, November 7, 2003, at 11:04 AM, jennifer dumpert wrote: > Hey Volks, > > The refrigerator door of my (brown) 1986 Westfalia has...
Re: 1988 Camper Manual Download
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Tue, 3 Jul 2012 12:09:38 -0700
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:50 AM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > I noticed a small difference in the Dometic Refrigerator controls > between...
refrigerator latch needed
Historical mailing list - Gary Anderson
Sat, 8 May 2010 12:26:31 -0500
Van-listers, I am hopeful that someone here can help me source a new or used latch for an '85 camper's refrigerator (seems...
Weekender refigerator question
Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
Thu, 26 Jan 2006 07:36:38 -0800
...It has the small refrigerator behind the passenger seat. What is the best way to route an extension cord from the refrigerator to outside...
Westphalia Refrigerator lighting
Historical mailing list
Thu, 29 Jun 1995 15:47:26 -0500
I'm open to any suggestions about problems I'm having lighting the gas refrigerator on my 1980 Westfailure. I pulled the refrigerator out...
Re: Dometic Fridge: Bah Humbug! <grin>
Historical mailing list - neil n
Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:29:36 -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...
Re: Dometic Fridge: Bah Humbug! <grin>
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:11:28 -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...
Portable Dometic 120VAC/12VDC/Propane Refrigerator
Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:13:31 -0800
Camping World has a Dometic Portable Refrigerator on sale for club members for $349.99. Here is the item description: "Portable refrigerator goes wherever...
Refrigerator Fan Noise
Historical mailing list - Geo Hahn
Wed, 19 Apr 2000 07:28:15 -0700
The Refrigerator Fan has developed a squeal.... Anyone have a way to lube the fan without pulling the unit? I'm sure it will...
Re: Barely scientific test results, Dometic R182 refrigerator
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:26:34 -0400
...I've got this Dometic sitting around after installing a Norcold > refrigerator in Mellow Yellow, and decided to do some performance > measurements by hooking...
Re: Need Westy Refrigerator
Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:49:25 -0800
...Need Westy Refrigerator > I don't have a fridge but I've got a water tank and Westy wire loom. > > Stan Wilder > > -----Original Message...
metal cover for refrigerator vent
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Mon, 5 Dec 2011 11:21:36 -0600
I have seen metal covers for the refrigerator vent on a VW camper. I have had three of the plastic covers, all got lost...
Re: Alt idiot light on
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 25 Jul 2002 10:59:53 -0400
At 10:56 PM 7/24/2002, Dennis Haynes wrote: >If you have a camper, the refrigerator relay will also turn the light on...
Re: 84 Westfalia Refrigerator noise...?
Historical mailing list - Standley, Craig
Tue, 4 Sep 2001 10:18:52 -0800
...84 Westfalia Refrigerator noise...? > > My refrigerator is making a loud electric buzz, almost sounds like a > grinding. The sound comes from the upper back...
Re: Fridge frustration
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sun, 19 Jul 2015 13:54:00 -0500
...Of course, there may be a reason your refrigerator won't light up that has nothing to do with gas flow. Another thing I...
Grey Westy Refrigerator Door
Historical mailing list - Jared Planter
Fri, 28 Oct 2016 15:20:19 +0000
Hey everyone Happy Friday! We have an '87 westy and have been searching high and low for a grey refrigerator door + the wooden frame...
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...
Refrigerator won't light, what to do?
Historical mailing list - Trent D. Sanders
Tue, 5 Jun 2001 17:15:36 -0400
...Has a refrigerator [stock] which the previous owner said he had never used [?]. I can't get it to light. Followed the instructions, etc...
Wanted: from <'74 refrigerator (Westy)
Historical mailing list - Richard Alexand Palmer
Mon, 22 Apr 1996 12:36:21 -0400
...On the earlier Westfalia refrigerators (before about '74), on the side facing the cargo doors, there is a smallish cabinet, with a small, about...
Re: Wal-Mart parking lots
Historical mailing list - Neil2
Tue, 20 May 2008 12:28:57 -0700
So, I belied me age by abbreviating refrigerator to 'reefer'. Must be the Navy days. On 5/20/08, Mike Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail...
Dometic RC2000 propane consumption?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Sat, 24 Aug 2013 07:44:58 -0700
Not truly Vanagon-related except in a camping/Dometic refrigerator kind of way. I'm considering getting a Dometic RC2000 portable refrigerator to take...
Re: [NVC] Create electricity-free cooler
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:06:10 -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: Dometic Fridge: Bah Humbug! <grin>
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:06:44 -0400
At 04:50 PM 8/11/2010 Wednesday, Dave Mcneely wrote: >I know that some people claim to keep the refrigerator on propane >mode...
Re: Help lighting fridge
Historical mailing list - Andrew Berg
Thu, 11 Jul 2019 23:21:39 -0400
...Follow refrigerator lighting directions. > > These things always worked for me when my refrigerator was functional. But it quit cooling, and after a long series...
Re: refrigerator question
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:06:24 -0700
...Right, I could not light the refrigerator back here in > Oklahoma. The highest altitude we were in with the vehicle in BBNP was > about...
What is "Level"?
Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
Wed, 1 Oct 1997 10:54:00 -0500
======== Original Message ======== Instructions for the Dometic refrigerator specify not to operate it unless it is "level" or damage will occur. Does anyone know the...
Re: Stock fridge vent delete option
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Sun, 24 Jul 2022 09:30:53 -0700
...I removed the stock refrigerator 2 years ago to free up space, as it was for all practical purposes dead. It still cooled, but...
Re: dimensions of the Dometic
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Tue, 9 Jul 2024 06:31:57 -0400
...So does anyone have the dimensions of the Dometic [otherwise known as the Lucas of the refrigerator world] refrigerator? > Mike > computer loser and also...
Dometic Refrigerators (pics!)
Historical mailing list - IR Student
Fri, 21 Aug 1998 11:16:33 -0700
Hello All! I have been working on my web page this summer and have started creating a manual about Dometic Refrigerator repair. I have...
Re: Where is The Heat Going?
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:08:26 -0700
...After that, the refrigeration > simply stops. > > Later in the bulletin, they write that if the refrigerator does not pass > testing if the air temp...
Re: RV REFRIGERATORS
Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
Sat, 7 Nov 1998 12:56:02 -0800
...That is what sometimes kills the big refrigerators if one transports them on their side. Anyway that is what I have been told by...
Re: Defender Industries, refrigerator fan
Historical mailing list
Wed, 17 May 95 11:35:43 PDT
...Runs on 2 D-cell batteries, > circulates air in refrigerator or ice box to eliminate hot spotes and arrest > spoilage. 3.4" x 2...
(f) Gothcas, was: Westy refrigerator removal
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Fri, 13 Aug 1999 14:06:55 -0400
...Westy refrigerator removal Hi there, I'm getting ready to remove my 89 Westy's refrigerator to add a fan. I have the instructions...
Re: 12 volt to the Reefer fan, etc.
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:13:35 -0400
...Why not just get one of these? http://www.pplmotorhomes.com/parts/rv-refrigerators/rv-refrigerator-fan.htm In my experience, the batteries will...
Re: Fridge Question - Maybe Aux. Batt. Related
Historical mailing list - dusty edwards
Thu, 28 Jul 2005 19:11:28 -0600
...That has not been my experience but the only time I'd be around > to notice is when I have the refrigerator turned on...
12V substitutes for OEM Dometic refrigerator / fridge?
Historical mailing list - vw_traveler
Sat, 17 May 2003 11:51:30 -0400
I don't know if I am potentially espousing heresy, but the OEM refrigerator affords little cooling power on battery power, which is mostly...
refrigerator
Historical mailing list - rockin' robyn
Thu, 20 Jan 2005 01:03:41 -0800
...The only concern I have about the vehicle is that the refrigerator doesn't work and my neighbour said it has never worked in...
Another refrigerator question
Historical mailing list - Clark Duff
Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:02:06 -0400
Hello all, Like a lot of people, I'm trying to get my refrigerator to work correctly in the summer heat. I had it...
Re: Refrigerator Fans
Historical mailing list - George Jannini
Fri, 30 Apr 1999 07:22:26 -0400
...off? Is there someplace in the refrigerator circuit where you can get power only when the refrigerator is chilling? >> I use a muffin fan...
Re: Dometic Fan
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:56:44 -0700
This is one of the things I did when I was trying to improve the refrigerator performance. Unfortunately, my refrigerator was too far gone...
refrigerator fan replacement
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 22 Jul 2004 11:47:34 -0500
...Us there an easy way to check >> if the fan is working properly? What are the consequences of the >> refrigerator running w/o proper...
Re: frig
Historical mailing list - george jannini
Sat, 9 Aug 2014 13:22:12 -0400
...Fridgedaire was one of the early brands of refrigerator marketed to > consumers. Like Hoover and Coke, the brand name became a synonym for the...
frig
Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
Sat, 9 Aug 2014 01:20:39 -0400
Fridge is a contraction of fridgidaire not refrigerator Mike
Re: refrigerator
Historical mailing list
Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:19:04 EST
...The > only concern I have about the vehicle is that the refrigerator doesn't > work and my neighbour said it has never worked in...
refrigerator
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:17:49 -0800
rockin' robyn wrote: >> The only concern I have about the vehicle is that the refrigerator doesn't work and my neighbour said it has...
Re: Refrigerator relay?
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Sun, 15 Mar 2015 21:24:42 -0400
...months, but it did exhibit the symptom related to having a refrigerator relay. Next step, find that relay and install the fix for it...
Refrigerator improvements
Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
Sun, 21 Jul 2002 01:31:22 -0400
I noticed that the door on my refrigerator was not fully closing on the fridge inside. The gaskets on the door were not fully...
Need web address for refrigerator cleaning with pictures, please.
Historical mailing list - David McCallum
Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:42:37 -0600
Within the last couple of months, I saw a message containing a link to a website that contained a section on refrigerator cleaning and...
Re: How propane refrigerators work
Historical mailing list - John Klun
Thu, 15 Feb 2001 19:34:23 -0700
...I have a propane refrigerator (a Consul), propane hot water, heat, cooking etc. I have a big generator powered by propane for the heavy...
Re: refrigerator behavior
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:53:43 -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...
Vitrfrigio install report
Historical mailing list - Troy
Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:45:43 -0800
...I believe the refrigerator draws 2.8 amps, and in my experience runs 15 to 20 minutes per hour. That works out to about...
Re: Re[2]: Stupid questions
Historical mailing list
Sun, 11 May 1997 21:57:24 -0700
On Vanagon Westie's with the 3-way dometic refrigerator, there is a relay that disconnects the 12v power to the thing when the...
Diesel Westy 29/29 MPG; Re: 91 Westy Purchase
Historical mailing list - Robert Dalton
Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:45:44 -0800
...This is the full camper with two double beds, refrigerator, and range. I'm prompted to write because someone mentioned they were having refrigerator...
Fixing the refrigerator
Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
Sat, 22 Jan 2000 20:36:22 -0500
I just removed my refrigerator from my 1985 Vanagon Camper to clean it out for increased efficiency. Should I also open the combustion chamber...
Refrigerator air supply mod
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Howard
Tue, 16 May 2000 22:55:16 -0400
Has anyone performed the two refrigerator air supply modifications shown in Bentley? One involves drilling out the air pump and the other is getting...
Re: metal cover for refrigerator vent
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Mon, 5 Dec 2011 12:33:03 -0600
...However, we recently had torrential downpours, and I did have a little water intrusion, not just via the refrigerator vent, but through door seals...