I found the spec for the Danfoss BD35F compressor. It is quite detailed.
I would love to get one in my hand and play with it.

http://www.rparts.com/Catalog/Major_Components/compressors/Danfoss/bd35.
pdf

http://www.novakool.com/technic/danfoss2.htm

Having said that I am not about to give up on my Dometic quite yet as it
always work fine for me. It cools my beers faster than I can drink them.
In 15 years I only have to pull it once to replace he cooling fan. I use
it in every trip I made and I never need to keep the vehicle very level.
With it only pulling  100mA for the cooling fan is a luxury for the
battery longevity standpoint.

BTW, have you notice that the Camper Supplemental Manual says that the
maximum inclination of the vehicle should not exceed +/- 8 degrees. This
is a huge range for refrigerator. An angle most vehicle cannot climb. I
interpret it to mean fore/aft but not side to side.

- 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 Vince S
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 2:35 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Interior lighting for the vanagon LED and CCF link to the
new fridges

I don't know if any of them will fit into the space.

You may be interested in constructing your own enclosure and buy the
Danfoss FD35F compressor which most of these refrigerators are built
with. Here is a site that have much of this DIY information.

http://www.kollmann-marine.com

Here is the page where the did some performance test over the course of
24 hrs at 3500rpm and it consumed 49.2 Ahr with 11 hours of run time and
cycles 90 times. It is not clear what the test condition is or the size
of the box. I am sure to run a fridge under 2cu ft the total amp hours
should be significantly less if the fridge is well insulated and you
don't open the door too frequently.

http://www.kollmann-marine.com/test8.html

The Isotherm 2006 uses such compressor. I remember seeing a similar dc
compressor at West Marine 4-5 years ago.

- 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 Malcolm Stebbins
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 2:06 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Interior lighting for the vanagon LED and CCF link to the
new fridges

I'd be more interested in the top load
http://www.indelmarineusa.com/toploaded.htm  and put it where the water
tank & elect storage cabinetts are and put the water tank in where the
fridge is now.  Top loaders are more efficient (I have been told). M

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