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Subject:Re: Dometic 182 B Fridge- Ad Nauseum
From:David Beierl
Date:Sat, 8 Aug 2009 02:38:58 -0400

At 02:29 AM 8/8/2009, neil N wrote:
>I guess. Just hard to imagine that the heat from the heating element
>(AC or DC) would contribute enough inadvertent heat to exhaust flue to
>aid in flow of fresh air into combustion chamber. Just can't see it
>making that much of a difference.
>
>But then I ain't no expert!  :)

Me neither -- but it's established fact that some of these beasts
light off more easily if they've been run on AC for a while.  The
draught thing seems a reasonable guess for why...

d

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