Unless I am mis-reading Indel's online literature, their line of
Isotherm reefers depend on cold seawater as a place to dump heat.  "The
Isotherm SP system is a totally new technique that is cooled directly by
the surrounding water."
--

Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 VW Type 2 / 84 Westy: A poor but proud race.
KG6RCR

Joe Federici wrote:

> I completely disagree. Newer AC/DC fridges use very little power. I can
> run mine and recharge with solar for days. The only down side they are
> pricey.
>
> check out http://www.indelmarineusa.com/ the CR65 will fit in a westy.
>
> JFF
> On Aug 24, 2004, at 3:04 PM, Vince S wrote:
>
> The Dometic gas absorbtion refrigerator may be an old technology. It is
> still the most viable method of keeping food cold in a RV/camper. There
> is more than efficiency to consider such as run time.
>
> Compressor based dc refrigerators have made significant improvement in
> the last few years benefited from dc motor technology. However at 3A you
> will not have very long run time and will need to recharge the battery.
> It will work well if you plan to camp where there are shore utilities.
> You won't be able to run the refrigerator for more than a day and the
> battery will be totally drained. It is very hard to beat the long
> operation duration of the propane even it is significantly less (about
> 3x) inefficient.
>
> I am quite happy with the factory 3-way refrigerator. The only complaint
> I have with it is Westfalia should have provided external intake and
> exhaust vents for the heat generated instead of circulating it within
> the cabin. This makes for very hot interior temperature in the summer. I
> suspected this was not done probably due to VW engineers' objection.
>
>
> - Vince
>
> http://gipsyflies.home.comcast.net
> 1989 Vanagon GL Camper
> 1993 Mazda Miata
> 1996 Land Rover Discovery
> 2005 Mini Cooper S (almost here)
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Doug in Calif
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 11:37 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Fw: Interior lighting for the vanagon LED and CCF link to the
> new fridges
>
>
> Sorry try this link for the fridges.
> You can also find these on e/bay now at a better price.
>
> http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/horizontal-item.jhtm
> l?id=0019192515473a&navAction=jump&navCount=0&indexId=&podId=0019192&cat
> alogCode=2UE&parentId=&parentType=&rid=&cmCat=search&hasJS=true
>
>
> Doug
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Doug in Calif
> To: vanagon.com
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 11:25 AM
> Subject: Interior lighting for the vanagon LED and CCF
>
>
> Has anybody been playing around with CCF cold cathode flourescent
> technology for the vanagons?
>
> I have been doing some lighting research and found out the LED
> technology only produces about 23 lumens per watt.
> Where the CCF produces in the 80 lumens per watt range.
>
> I am very reluctant to run two batteries in my westy conversion. I have
> done it in the past in my other vanagons and feel it was overkill for my
> use. I am now considering running a deep cycle marine battery which I
> can buy locally in the main battery compartment and just be careful to
> not run it down
>
> Also I have seen some really efficient fridge's have come onto the
> market that will literally run off your battery and freeze your beer if
> your not careful.
> I am not all that impressed with the westy fridge and have not yet cut
> the vent hole in the side of my conversion as I may consider going with
> newer technology.
>
> Here's a link to the CCF lighting.
>
> http://www.cetsolar.com/ccf.htm
>
> Here's a link to the new technology refers
>
> http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/horizontal-item.jhtm
> l?
>
> Doug
>