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Subject:Re: Need Help with My Refigerator - 2002 EVC
From:Doug Alcock
Date:Thu, 17 Apr 2003 12:12:53 -0400

While knowing nothing about what kind of an EVC has --- I can tell you
what would be happening with the Dometic fridge in a Vanagon Westy. There
is no thermostat and the fridge will cool about 40 degrees belwo ambient
temperature. So if you had 35 degrees overnight your fridge was cheerfully
working to make it cooler than that --- and even a Dometic can get the
remperature down the few degreees it needed to be below freezing. This has
happened to me to --- freezing the eggs just below the cooling fins on a
40 degree night. If it's that cold turn the fridge off (you don't need it)
and you should be fine.

Enjoy your trip,
Cheers,
Doug

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Hi all,
My EVC is sitting in the parking lot at work all packed and ready for a
650-700 mile trip starting @2:00 this afternoon..  This will be my second
big road trip and my first time camping in the EVC.  I will be Rock
Climbing in New River Gorge West Virginia, leaving central Ct today..

My Problem is for the second time I have run the refigerator it has frozen
all my Vegies and Salad stuff..  It may be weather / outside temp
related???

 This is what happened on my First road trip from Ct to Bike Week in
Daytona Florida the first week of March, we left in a snow storm so it was
cold out and my stuff froze.  Yesterday it was 80 degrees in Ct. but it
dropped down to 30-35 last night.. I  pre ran the refig for a few hours
after I got home from work, ( Pluged into the house 110 V )  it was
getting cool so I piled all my food in it and went to Bed.. I checked it
when I got to work because I turned the gas on ( for the 7 hours I plan to
work today ) and More Frozen food..

What am I doing WRONG ????

I leave in two hours so I could use some speedy suggestions,,  Will I ever
be able to keep salad and Veggies that are prone to frezze in this unit
????

Thanks,
Steve D
02 EVC ( just about 5000 miles, 2 months old )
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