Based on my experience, the plates inside the fridge should get below 32
degrees  if the outside temp is ~75, regardless of whether you have a door
there or not.  My fridge will make ice when running on 110v or propane, so I
have to assume that the plates are below 32 degrees...  :-)

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy "Klaus"
Santa Barbara, CA

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Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 1:47 PM
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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?