10 minutes is not a long enough test... run it for an hour....
Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "SpaceKommander" <jboldway@cottagesoft.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 1:46 PM
Subject: Dometic Fridge question

> Hello again - took the fridge out today to clean the burner area as it
> wouldn't run on propane. Filled with rust, bugs and other debris. Brought
> it inside to clean it and then plugged it into the wall to see if it
worked
> (never used it before). Works, but not sure how well. After about 10 min
> the digital thermometer wedged against the cooling fins read 47 degrees.
> This is with the door off. The top rear coil near the flue was fairly warm
> but the last part of the top coil on the other side opposit the flue was
at
> room temperature (75 degrees) and the lower two coils were also at room
> temperature. Obviously the thermometer would have read a fair bit cooler
if
> it had a door, but I'm wondering if this is working OK. Any comments?
>