Hi Karl,

Current draw checked again, 3.6A after several minutes of operation. Two
instruments measuring the draw.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
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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.
>
> 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.
>
> Karl
>
> On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:42:10 -0700, Rocket J Squirrel
> <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>> The opening on the front of the stove cabinet had already been opened up a
>> bit from the Dometic days to accept the Norcold, and it had to be opened
>> even more to take the Vitrifrigo. But with a little pushing and shoving
>> and a real big rubber mallet, it went into place.
>> It draws 3.6A when running, the Norcold pulled 2.5A, so it may hit the
>> battery harder -- until I go camping, I can't tell how many minutes per
>> hour, thus ampere-hours it will consume. Wait and see on that one.
>