Ditto here.  In addition to verifying the amperages, I was able to semi-
quantitatively assess the airflows using an air velocity meter.  The stock
Dometic and the Fridgemate had roughly the same airflow, while the 3
muffin fans I checked all had substantially less.  I installed the
Fridgemate fan and it seems to be significantly superior to the stock
Dometic in performance (based on on-off cycle times) and dramatically
quieter than the Dometic (I rarely hear it, period).

-Wes

Date sent:              Fri, 23 Jun 2000 17:56:58 -0700
From:                   Mark Drillock <drillock@earthlink.net>
Subject:                Re: Adding Fridge Fans

> 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"
>

Wes Neuenschwander
Seattle, WA
wesn@eskimo.com