Another happy Dometic user. It started the first time
we tried on propane back in 1995 (at a campground near
Union Oregon) and hasn't failed us since. 12 volt and
110 ac have always worked fine, with never a problem.

Just lucky, I guess, but we've never paid much
attention to those replacement threads.

Tom F.

--- Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> I'm not sure that the Dometic 'fridge in our Westies
> are that bad, when and
> if they are working right.
> Over the last month there has been a lot of
> discussion about changing over
> to compressor based refrigerators in out Westies.
> That's what I did and
> don't regret it.
> BUT, hidden in all the discussion have been a number
> of voices of Westy
> owners that are getting satisfactory, in some cases,
> good performance out of
> their Dometics when running on propane.  When I
> first acquired my '90 Westy
> in Jan 2002 the Dometic was working great.  No
> complaints at all.  My
> recollection is that that Summer, camped in hot
> weather for a week, it still
> kept temps down in the low 40's inside the 'fridge.
> Others have reported
> consistent 40 to 50 degree differentials between the
> outside and the inside.
> running on propane.  In my case, about three years
> ago now, the fan quit,
> burned out.  Even after pulling the 'fridge,
> replacing the fan, and doing
> the 'routine' cleaning on the firebox, performance
> deteriorated to the point
> that although easy to light ('90-'91's w/better
> ignition system) it refused
> to cool on propane.  BUT, after reading posts by
> several other owners, I'm
> convinced that IF we knew EXACTLY what to do, we
> could restore these units
> to their original performance.  I've come to the
> conclusion that there is
> some combination of internal adjustments and/or
> components that have to be
> exactly right for the Dometic to work right on
> propane.  What those critical
> items/tollerances/adjustments are I have no idea.
> But too many people get
> long term good service out of their Dometics to
> condemn them completely.
> BTW, it's not only Westy drivers that complain about
> the propane performance
> on the Dometic three way refrigerators.  While
> camped last week and showing
> a friend my Norcold install he was immediately
> interested.  He camps in a
> Chalet type towed camper and has a three way Dometic
> and has the same
> complaint we have.  After several years of use the
> propane isn't cooling
> like it used to, best he can get is about 30 to 40
> degrees difference from
> outside.
>

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