I found similar results. The Fridgemate fan works great even in 100
degree plus weather and is much cheaper than I could get a stock Dometic
fan for. I have installed several in other people's Westys. Do not use
the thermo switch that comes with the Fridgemate as it runs the fan too
much and will never shut off if you camp in very hot weather. Use the
stock fin mounted switch and discard the Fridgemate one.

Mark

David Beierl wrote:

> A Dometic fan drawing 220 ma is not "stock" for the RM182B -- 60 ma is a
> lot closer (I think it's specified as 0.67watts, too lazy to check).  The
> 220 ma fan is either not stock or is shorted internally.  My rough
> blow-in-the-face estimates are that the Dometic *standard* fan and the
> FridgeMate are similar, with some advantage to the FridgeMate (as well as
> it's much lower noise).
>
> :)
> david
> David Beierl - Providence, RI
>   http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
> '85 GL "Poor Relation"