Hi All,

I would guess that something is wrong. Even in August here in New
Hampshire, my fridge will stay in the 30's (the fan runs all the time,
but...). I do have a fan in the fridge to circulate the air across the
cooling fins.  ...JMM

Justin M. Mayrand
1980 Westy "SuperVan"

On Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 07:49  PM, Germain wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I did some test on my fridge (Westy 87) and I am very disapointed on
> the
> efficiency of it. I let my fridge (empty) running all night long on
> propane
> with the thermostat at maximum. I put also a small fan from Fridgemate
> inside it.  Last night, the outdoor temperature was around 50F. In the
> morning, my fridge was about 25F (so far so good). During the day, the
> temperature hit around 72F. The van was park all day long with all
> windows
> closed (may be the temperature hit 82F inside the van, it is hard to
> say).
> However when I did a check at the end of the afternoon (around 6 pm,
> 72F
> outdoor), the temperature was 65F inside the fridge. Is it something
> wrong
> or this is the best I can get from this kind of fridge. Is there any
> defrost
> cycle on those fridges (it could explain the high temperature)?
>
> Any comments are very welcome.
>
> Germain
>
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