I have found that my westy fridge's in all my vanagons over the years
( 84, 89, 87 ) have all worked best on propane, i leave it on propane
for 2 weeks at a time here and there and even when driving.. the
vitrifrigo seems pretty badass ;)
On 4-Jun-10, at 5:49 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote:

> The Westy Fridge, (Dometic), and the Vitrifrigo are two drastically
> different technologies. Not only does the Westy draw more power, the
> load
> for all intents is continuous. The Vitrifrigo may need to run as
> little as
> 10 minutes/hour. In addition, as soon battery voltage drops under
> load the
> Domestic fridge losses more efficiency and becomes useless. The
> Absorption
> design in the Dometic is really best suited for flame operation.
> From a cost
> point of view it is not even effective to run on 110v except when
> park at
> campgrounds not charging for power. The 12 volt feature is really
> limited to
> use while driving.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of
> PB
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 1:20 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Fridge/Freezer energy requirements for a dummy!
>
> *The energy requirements are listed below.  Does this mean that this
> particular fridge consumes 5.4 amps when plugged into a 12v battery,
> as
> opposed to Vitrifrigo's 1.6 amps - more than triple the amps of the
> Vitrifrigo?  (several references to amps below, but I don't know
> which one
> to focus on.)  Would appreciate a very brief, very simplified
> explanation.
>
>
> **Energy guide:*
>
> Energy requirements:
> 5.4 Amps @ 12V DC
> 2.7 Amps @ 24V DC
>  AC 115 Volts/60Hz, .75 Amp  65 Watts
> *
>
>
> Thanks in advance for your patience with me.
> Patti
> 90 Westy Automatic
>
> *