It's just as absurd as the guy who proposed water cooling this engine
to the air heads in Vw engineering back in the late 70s!

On 6/30/06, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> Riding my bicycle up a grade this morning, per my doctor's orders, I
> found my rodent-sized brain turning over the idea of boxing in the
> radiator fins on the back of the Dometic, then pumping cool water over
> them. Move the water through an oil cooler or something similar.
> Dropping the temp of the fins to ambient should make the refrigerator a
> lot more efficient. The actual mechanical details would probably be a
> nightmare, I know absolutely nothing about water cooling, and I haven't
> a clue about how much electricity it would take the circulate the water
> and blow air through the little radiator, but if it is on par with the
> 2.5 amps it takes to run a Norcold, and lets the Dometic pull a delta-T
> greater than 40F, it could be useful.
>
> I toss this idea out with a $5 reward to the first guy that can show me
> where waterboxing the Dometic in a Vanagon application has been
> suggested before.
>
> No rewards for those that tell me what a weak idea this is. Just hearing
> about it is reward enough.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>

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1993 vw eurovan gl
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much maintenance, accept the dog)...

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