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Subject:Re: Out goes the Norcold, in goes the Vitrifrigo
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Sun, 1 Nov 2009 11:00:27 -0800

On 10/31/2009 10:47 PM Karl Mullendore wrote:

> Strange, my VF installation required hardly a touch of change from the
> former Norcold cutout - perhaps I cut mine larger way back then.

I may have mounted mine differently. It's high (posting pictures shortly)
so I could have room underneath its support shelf for storage.

>
> Please check the current draw again - I have measured as much as 3.6 on
> startup, but settles back to 2.5 after a few seconds. VF averages it to 2.8.
>

Will do. My measurements were per my +/- 10A center-zero taut band analog
meter as well as the ammeter function of the battery monitor, and at
steady-state, not startup. I'll recheck.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
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