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Subject:Re: Need model # on my Dometic refrigerator
From:neil
Date:Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:28:51 -0700

Heh heh....

Yah then they install them in their trucks.

Neil.

On 6/18/07, Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@gmail.com> wrote:
> I wouldn't get one of them Norcolds. It seems UPS drivers steal them
> or something.
>
> tim in san jose
>
> On 6/18/07, neil <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Paul.
> >
> > I was just reading up on the Norcold DC0040 in the archives.
> >
> > Here is a link to a list members install/useage info for the Norcold:
> >
> > http://www.members.shaw.ca/McTavishPAC/fridge/fridge.html
> >
> > You might find this to be a good replacement though you may need to
> > invest/upgrade to a larger house battery. The combined $$ may be too
> > much. So....
> >
> > What about getting a good used Dometic?
> >
> > It you find one and it's not installed, you can bench test on AC and
> > if you're comfortable dealing with LP connectionss, hook it up to a
> > BBQ LP tank to test operation on LP.
> >
> > Neil.
> >
> > --
> > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
> >
> > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 6/18/07, Paul Chubbuck <paul@takingflight.net> wrote:
> > > I'm researching options for replacing the old, unreliable Dometic in my 1982
> > > VW Vanagon Westfalia.
> > >
> > > Dometic wants to know the model number to see if there is a replacement
> > > option, but unfortunately, some of the numbers on the aluminum plate are
> > > abraded through years of contact with one of the knobs.
> > >
> > > Can anyone on the list help me figure out exactly what model my Dometic is?
> > > Or alternatively, what current product model would replace it?
> > >
> > > The best I can read the model # is RM 18_ A.  I cannot say what the missing
> > > digit is.
> > >
> > > Product number is 926 73 __.  The last two digits are abraded, but I think
> > > the last one is a 6.  Next to the last is totally unreadable.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Paul
> > >
> >
>
>
> --
> Where ever you are, there you be. Unless you're driving my van, in
> which case, you ain't got there yet.
>

--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.

http://web.mac.com/tubaneil