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Subject:Re: Dometic, Installing in a non-camper
From:David Beierl
Date:Fri, 4 Jul 2008 23:20:23 -0400

At 07:35 PM 7/4/2008, Neil2 wrote:
>An improved design for the air inlet/outlet
>...
>If anyone has shortend the inlet tube and/or lengthened the exhaust tube
>from the Dom to effect a superior 'flue draft'.

The stock setup works very well, has all the draft it needs.  I would
be very cautious about changing it -- aside from losing safety
certifications, you might very well upset the pressure balance which
allows a candle-size flame to burn quietly while an 80-mph wind is
blowing by the flues.

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"