munch�kin

   1. A very small person.
   2. Informal. A child.
   3. Informal. A minor official.

[After the Munchkins, characters in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L.
Frank Baum.]

Munchkin ice tray = ice tray that makes very small ice cubes, apparently
for Munchkins, e.g., the ice cube trays that come with Dometic
refrigerators.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)"
KG6RCR

Vince S wrote:

>Can someone please enlighten me what is the  Munchkin tray? I am
>clueless!
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>- Vince
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>http://gipsyflies.home.comcast.net
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
>Of Aristotle Sagan
>Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 3:46 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Top-Load Fridge for Westy
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>"All of the things above do nothing to stop drop out of cold when the
>door is opened but it will produce two munchkin trays of ice once a
>day."
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>Speaking of Munchkin trays, for sale: Genuine Westy Munchkin tray WITH
>insert. Comes with handy 1981 carrying case, $600, you tow it away.
>Great winter project, getting the carrying case back together.
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>tim in san jose
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:59 AM
>Subject: Re: Top-Load Fridge for Westy
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>>I substantially improved the performance and cold recovery in my
>>standard Dometic simply by adding a little 12v Computer CPU fan to the
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>>sidewall of the fridge. As preparation for travel I normally put a
>>container of Ice in my fridge
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>>ran it on 120v for an overnight prep period.
>>Everything I put in the fridge from that point forward was pre cooled
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>>from my home refrigerator at departure time or from being in my ice
>>chest that I always carried too. One of the big culprits of
>>refrigerator poor performance is simply
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>hardened
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>>door seals that leak constantly.
>>All of the things above do nothing to stop drop out of cold when the
>>door
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>>opened but it will produce two munchkin trays of ice once a day. Some
>>of the highest quality, thick sidewall Styrofoam coolers come from
>>Omaha Steaks and Honey Cured Hams as shipping containers. I've kept
>>three bags of ice for three days in these with very little melt down.
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>>Stan Wilder
>>More Power with Performance Coatings http://www.engineceramics.com
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