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Subject:Re: Fridge Burner box
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Mon, 27 Aug 2012 05:49:29 -0700

Yeah, there's that, too.

I guess there's nothing for it but to haul an ice chest when additional
cold storage is needed.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 08/26/2012 08:18 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
> Absorption fridges also don't like very high temperatures.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Rocket J Squirrel
> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 8:31 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Fridge Burner box
>
> Lehman's probably doesn't measure fuel consumption in 100F weather.
> That's when it really matters.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
> On 08/26/2012 02:46 PM, David Beierl wrote:
>> At 10:30 AM 8/26/2012, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>> That refrigerator uses 900 btu/hr on maximum setting, it says. A 16.4
>>> oz bottle of propane provides 10,000 btu so the unit would drain a
>>> bottle in 11 hours. That's not so good.
>>
>> On maximum setting it's a deep freeze. Lehman's claim .7 lb/day
>> typical consumption.
>>
>> Yrs,
>> d
>