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Subject:Re: Fridge Burner box
From:Dennis Haynes
Date:Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:58:38 -0400

You don't have to leave your site, carry solar panels, a generator or run
the engine etc. But if you really want cold drinks and brew there is nothing
like a cooler filled with ice! Of course I really like my other food stuffs
staying dry.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Steven Johnson
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 3:19 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Fridge Burner box

Yeah, but with a propane fridge you don't have to leave your remote site for
a while to go get ice....

Steven
91 Westy

On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 11:34 AM, george jannini
<georgejoann@gmail.com>wrote:

>    Let's play with some maths here.
>
>    Assuming inflation where it costs 3 bucks a bag for ice, a $1200
> budget, and that you already own a cooler, Mr. Calculator tells me
> that you can fill said cooler 400 times.
>
>     And think of all the pumping and sparking exercises that you won't
> have to go through, let alone pulling the stupid fridge out every
> couple of years from a wall that it doesn't want to come out of, and
> is even more reluctant to slide back into.
>
>     If my RM182B ever quits, my mind's already made up.
>
>      I'm certain your mileage will vary, Geo/ATL
>