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• Refrigerator doesn't work yet.
  Historical mailing list - Yoshi
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 17:17:18 +0900
  ...Does anyone know URL which it influences? 2) My refrigerator doesn't work yet. I removed the refrigerator from Westy yesterday again. Then, I...
• refrigerator fan
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Thu, 22 Jul 2004 11:55:51 -0400
  I used to hear the refrigerator fan come on all the time (even when refrigerator was not lit). Now I don't. Us there...
• checking propane leaks
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sat, 1 Jul 2017 13:34:18 -0700
  ...So, cleared (I hope) propane line reinstalled on refrigerator. To check for leaks on these connections (and other internal refrigerator connections while it is...
• Refrigerator tip and observation
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 27 Aug 2016 20:23:44 -0400
  Hi folks, A couple weekends ago I discovered something useful about my stock refrigerator. Sorry if folks already know this. For a long time...
• refrigerator - high altitude operation
  Historical mailing list - Russell F. Maginnis
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 10:55:16 -0700
  ...It operates the refrigerator even when the ignition is off. Great for stop and go driving. At altitude, I inadvertently left the refrigerator on...
• refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:13:49 -0700
  Somehow, the thread on my refrigerator has converted so that I cannot reply to all, and I thought this significant enough that several responders...
• Re: Dometic Temperature
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 19:58:25 -0400
  ...This keeps the air moving around the inside of the refrigerator, doing a much better job at cooling the entire refrigerator. Whenever our refrigerator...
• dimensions of the Dometic
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 6 Jul 2024 16:22:23 +0000
  ...So does anyone have the dimensions of the Dometic [otherwise known as the Lucas of the refrigerator world] refrigerator? Mike computer loser and also...
• Re: Portable Dometic 120VAC/12VDC/Propane Refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:21:23 -0800
  ...http://www.pplmotorhomes.com/parts/rv-refrigerators/compact-refrigerator-rc4000.htm although I would still encourge buying from a list vendor like EuroCampers...
• Re: refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 27 Jun 2017 15:02:21 -0400
  ...At 10, with ambient at 65 F, the > refrigerator fins were frosted over, and the thermometer in the bottom of > the refrigerator read -1...
• Re: Refrigerator elimination thoughts
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 25 Jun 2018 08:19:21 -0700
  The refrigerator in my 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile was beyond hope, though I used it effectively from 2009 when I got the van...
• Dometic failure on propane, one time
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:41:09 -0500
  My Dometic refrigerator failed to ignite on propane one time, and that was recent. In preparation for the long trip we made this summer...
• Fwd: 1981 Westfalia - Refrigerator Propane problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael Harrnacker
  Fri, 28 May 1999 12:39:47 -0800
  please reply to JORI_C@email.msn.com ---- Begin Included Message ---- The refrigerator works fine using 120 volts selection. Following the instructions; pumping the...
• refrigerator failure, '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 2 Feb 2012 21:16:17 -0600
  I have been smug all this time about my dometic refrigerator operating well, cooling effectively, and being easy to light. Well, it won't...
• Re: Fwd: Westfalia refrigerator issues
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 23 May 2011 13:19:43 -0500
  ...Open the drain tube at the lower left corner of the refrigerator (outside the refrigerator, right at the floor) by removing the cap, which...
• Refrigerator and alarm
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 May 1995 21:33:23 -0400
  ...and I normally leave the refrigerator running on gas. Does anyone know if the refrigerator uses any electric when it's running off the...
• refrigerator update
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sun, 25 Jun 2017 20:02:49 -0700
  Much thanks to Robert Keever, who drove over to Spokane from Seattle to help me with the refrigerator on my 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL...
• Refrigerator Ignition System(s)
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:30:45 -0700
  Greetings, As a long-time subscriber to the list, and following a variety of threads about the Dometic refrigerators, I am curios if there...
• refrigerator behavior
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:15:56 -0500
  ...While at the berry farm, I put the refrigerator on propane, after driving over with D.C. setting. Refrigerator was very cold, with frost...
• Re: Refrigerator elimination thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Mon, 25 Jun 2018 19:10:07 +0000
  I removed my refrigerator and replaced it with the GW Fridge Elimination Kit. We always travel with a big ice chest anyway, and the...
• Re: cover for refrigerator outlet vent
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 30 May 2006 16:40:13 -0400
  ...However, I've heard that there are (or were) vent covers available for the refrigerator vent (the large round one) that would seal out...
• Refrigerator lighting--Vitrifrigo C51 for sale
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Thu, 1 Sep 2011 10:19:39 -0800
  On the topic of replacing the dometic refrigerator, I will be replacing my Vitrifrigo 1.8 CF, C51 refrigerator with a slightly larger one...
• Dometic Refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:57:58 +0000
  Free for the taking - Dometic Refrigerator removed from my 1990 Westy.Located in Southern California at Van Nuys Airport in the San Fernando Valley...
• refrigerator question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 17:50:05 -0500
  On our recent trip to Big Bend National Park, the Dometic refrigerator misbehaved. I typically run it on battery on the road, propane in...
• refrigerator problem
  Historical mailing list - Michel Bertin
  Sat, 8 Mar 2003 12:52:29 -0400
  I can't get the refrigerator to work on propane in my '84 Westy. My propane tank is full and I can't light...
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  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 09:28:56 -0500
  The larger refrigerator does have a lower surface area to volume ratio, making it more efficient in theory. It may have better insulation. If...
• Re: Mini Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:42:54 -0500
  ...Butter taken from my freezer and put into the refrigerator just before I leave stays hard in the refrigerator. I keep a thermometer in...
• resurrection?
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:55:43 -0700
  Some of you may recall the incident where I knocked my Dometic 182b refrigerator off the work table and it seemed to have died...
• Wanted: vanagon refrigerator door and cabinet on east coast
  Historical mailing list - I dapkins
  Wed, 7 Apr 2004 05:30:59 -0700
  ...Anyone have a used refrigerator door and the surrounding cabinet that's in good condition and are willing to part with. Mine's trashed...
• Re: SubaGon resale values
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 2 Jun 2001 06:34:33 -0700
  ...http://www.crosley.com/ They started making radios, then refrigerators - they were the originator of the current design of refrigerators that we see today...
• Re: RV REFRIGERATORS
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Sat, 7 Nov 1998 01:44:27 -0500
  John, then, since you have "experience", just how would inverting a Westfalia refrigerator "damage" it??? I once had to transport a "normal" refrigerator on...
• Re: refrigerator behavior
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:44:34 -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...
• Refrig. Operation Manual Part 2
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 10:33:33 -0500
  Refrigerator Madness copyright 1992 by Derek Drew Here, in no particular order, is what you need to know about your VW Vanagon Refrigerator so...
• Re: Refrigerator doesn't work yet.
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 05:51:59 -0400
  ...But, the refrigerator doesn't work > > when I put the refrigerator to Westy. Shit! > > > Any tips or opinions? > > > Thanks, > > > Yoshi@87Westy > > dolphin@mars.netspace...
• Re: Frig running.....
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:07:11 -0500
  Laura, the refrigerator does not have to be on for the fan to run (see the archives for a discussion of this, but basically...
• Re: refrigerator behavior
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:04:30 -0700
  ...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: refrigerator behavior
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:47:14 -0400
  ...While at the berry farm, I put the refrigerator on propane, after driving over with D.C. setting. Refrigerator was very cold, with frost...
• Re: Mini Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:13:58 -0500
  ...Butter > taken from my freezer and put into the refrigerator just before I leave > stays hard in the refrigerator. > > I keep a thermometer in...
• Re: anyone bought a Coleman thermoelectric cooler?
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 22:02:39 -0400
  ...Actually a regular refrigerator is MUCH more efficient! A compressor driven refrigerator moves more heat than what you put in (as electrical energy). The...
• Re: refrigerator behavior
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:42:14 -0700
  ...While at the berry farm, I put the refrigerator on propane, after driving over with D.C. setting. Refrigerator was very cold, with frost...
• Re: Fridge Question - Maybe Aux. Batt. Related
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:58:07 -0700
  ...Many people have reported that the refrigerator fan will runn all by itself in hot weather regardless of what setting the refrigerator in on...
• Re: Refrigerator lighting
  Historical mailing list - Leonard Sitongia
  Thu, 1 Sep 2011 06:38:16 -0600
  ...You must go here >www.vwbusshop.de/ < then choose "English" if you wish, then "Westfaila T3", then "Refrigerator" > I see the CR series in...
• Refrigerator relay?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 15 Mar 2015 18:34:28 -0400
  Does an '87 Westy have the refrigerator relay under the driver's seat, or is that just on campers prior to '86? If it...
• Re: Quick Mod : Blue LED for Refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:11:38 -0700
  ...good idea mike. (ANOTHER thing to put on my to-do list) > Last night I replaced the green refrigerator LED with a blue one...
• Re: refrigerator - high altitude operation
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 14:14:27 -0400
  ...It operates the refrigerator even when the ignition is off. >Great for stop and go driving. At altitude, I inadvertently left the >refrigerator on...
• Refrigerator Heater Relay
  Historical mailing list - Greg Pratt
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 19:18:36 EDT
  I'm in the process of installing a kitchenette into my 7 passenger Syncro and I'm confused as to how the Refrigerator Heater...
• Re: refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 27 Jun 2017 12:25:14 -0700
  ...At 10, with ambient at 65 F, the >> refrigerator fins were frosted over, and the thermometer in the bottom of >> the refrigerator read -1...
• Suspected refrigerator, internal propane leak??
  Historical mailing list - sanford schulwolf
  Tue, 6 Nov 2001 10:44:47 -0800
  Hello, I am seeking advice regarding my 91 syncro refrigerator propane leak. I had the refrigerator out about 2 years ago, before that point...
• Refrigerator again
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 1 Aug 2022 12:17:32 -0400
  ...I just put them back and that give me much more room! The last three trips I used just the stock refrigerator and the...
• What is "Level"?
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Tue, 30 Sep 1997 20:16:53 -0700
  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: What is "Level"?
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Wed, 1 Oct 1997 00:15:57 -0700
  To quote from the original Camper supplement that came with my '81 Westie... "When the refrigerator is operating, be sure to park on level...
• Re: refrigerator update
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 30 Jun 2017 20:07:47 +0000
  ...pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7WSg5L4hm0> Vanagon Camper Refrigerator -- VW OEM Training Video<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7WSg5L4hm0> www...
• Re: refrigerator behavior
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:16:45 -0700
  ...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: refrigerator question
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:54:00 -0400
  ...Time to pull out the refrigerator and clean it up? Did the dust we drove through contribute to this failure? We did not have...
• cover for refrigerator outlet vent
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Tue, 30 May 2006 14:15:33 -0500
  ...However, I've heard that there are (or were) vent covers available for the refrigerator vent (the large round one) that would seal out...
• Refrigerator Info
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 15:40:37 -0700
  I added some pictures to my web site about the Dometic refrigerators. I also added some articles about the cooling system. Please take a...
• Re: resurrection?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:35:12 +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...
• Gas powered refrigerator installed
  Historical mailing list - Carlota
  Sat, 1 Jun 2002 13:32:12 -0500
  ...I finally installed the refrigerator; pics can be seen at http://photos.yahoo.com/javierzavalal , under combo seat album. This device uses one inlet...
• Subject: Re: Dometic refrigerator cooling mystery, '89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott LeGear
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 12:39:27 -0700
  ...Dometic refrigerator cooling mystery, '89 Westy >This system (ammonia/hydrogen/H2O continuous absorption type) is not like a regular freon/compressor type refrigerator, so...
• Refrigerator door shelves
  Historical mailing list - Ed Hardey
  Fri, 2 Sep 2005 07:12:03 -0600
  I am in search of those mystical, rarely seen door shelves for my '87 refrigerator. I realize that these are less common than the...