--- Jason Willenbrock <pooncerelli@hotmail.com> wrote:

> hi neil,
> i am sure that by now you have pulled your fridge
> and cleaned the flue,
> burner etc... thoroughly, so i'll skip that part.
> sounds like you have fan
> installed which is a great tool for moving air
> around but does not add any
> cooling to fridge.  so my experience has shown that
> my fridge cools best
> when full of already prechilled items, and i mean
> full.  one six pack only
> will allow too much dead air in fridge to heat up
> from opening and closing
> door as well as just air leaking  because factory
> seals suck.  which bring
> my next point.  i also installed new seals all the
> way around fridge
> opening.  that seems to make a tighter fit on door
> which will help with cold
> air loss.  now for the most important.  i have two
> mylar ice packs that i
> keep in my fridge when i go camping.  one ice pack i
> sit ontop of the
> cooling fins and the other i keep with the food/beer
> ect...  i then rotate
> the ice packs daily to allow the  ice pack that is
> with the food get back to
> a semi "frozen" state, and move the still frozen ice
> pack down to the food.
> this helps TREMENDOUSLY!  on the hottest days,
> assuming that i am parked in
> shade, with ice packs and a loaded cold fridge my
> temps always hang just
> below 40, always.  now, i do keep the sky light open
> and windows slightly
> cracked as well.  my fins do frost up and i can make
> ice.  i even have to
> turn my tstat down at night to keep things from
> getting too cold.  oh yeah,
> a frozen nalgene is a good idea as well, as it thaws
> you have ice water and
> it helps to keep things cool
> hope this helps
> jason

Hey Jason.

Yes that info helps. I like the ice pack idea. Makes
total sense. I have a little fan in refer, but no
extra external fan(s) yet, (still stock) but have
cleaned flue, chamber etc.

I feel quite fortunate as I have an (untested) spare
Dometic from an 85. If it's a better design (???) I
may do upgrades on that one assuming I get it working
during bench test......

Thanks!

Neil Nicholson.
1981 air cooled Westfalia.
Cheap-o web site:

http://www.members.shaw.ca/tubanick/welcomewesty.html

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