You guys might want to read this post:
http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0212C&L=vanagon&P=R17292

FWIW I have an extra Dometic fan (with blades) AND the high-speed fan motor from radio-Shack
(#273-255) that's mentioned in that post.  I'm willing to sell both, make an offer I can't refuse,
Plus postage (about $5) from Halifax, Nova Scotia.

--- Trooz <trooz@ROADRUNNER.COM> wrote:

> Mark, can you expand on that a little?  I'd be interested in such a
> modification since my Dometic seems to fall under the "30 degrees lower than
> ambient temp rule".
>
> Bob Trousdale
> '90 Westy
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
> > On Behalf Of Mark Drillock
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 4:26 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Dometic in 100F ambient?
> >
> > No, this is false. I have camped in 90-100 degrees for days
> > on end without problem with my stock RM182A Westy fridge. I
> > do have an external vent from behind the fridge to the
> > outside, using a small fan to get that hot air  out of the
> > vehicle. The fins freeze up solid after a couple of days
> >
> > I also have an old travel trailer permanently ensconced above
> > a beach in Baja with it's original 70s Dometic. It gets down
> > to the high 30s in the fridge when it is in the 80s outside.
> > The freezer temp is always below ZERO, often pegging my
> > thermometer at minus 15 degrees F. I do not set the fridge as
> > cold as it will go since I don't want all my food frozen.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > Todd Last wrote:
> >
> > > Isn't it a fact of the design of the Dometic (or any
> > ammonia apsorption fridge)  that you are not going to get any
> > better than 20-30 degrees lower than the ambient temperature?
> > >
> > >
> > > Todd
> > > '88 Westy
> > >
> > >
> > >  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > > From: Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM>
> > >
> > >>After this last weekend's positive experience with a coleman xtreme
> > >>cooler in 100F+ temperatures, I'm wondering if there's even
> > any reason
> > >>trying to fix up the Dometic.
> > >>
> > >>First question -- has anyone ever had a working dometic provide
> > >>adequate cooling in 100F+ temperatures?
> > >>
> > >>Looking at the coleman cooler, I notice that it has almost
> > 2" of foam
> > >>insulation.   Looking at the dometic, it seems to have very little
> > >>insulation, and it also seems to be self-defeating as it
> > dumps so much
> > >>waste heat under the cabinet, so it's basically bathing itself in
> > >>hear.
> > >>
> > >>Second question -- is re-insulating the dometic with some sort of
> > >>modern insulator a possibility?
> > >>
> > >>Third question -- does venting the waste heat out of the van make a
> > >>serious difference?  The dometic has a fan already, but all it seems
> > >>to do is stir up the air behind the cabinet.   Would a fan
> > that vents
> > >>the air outside of the van actually be better?
> > >
> > >
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