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Subject:Re: Mini Fridge
From:Jim Felder
Date:Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:25:58 -0500

Right. I recently got back from a week on the Gulf Coast. 90-100 degrees.
Food did fine.

Jim

On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 8:12 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:

> Sorry, this is simply not the case. We have camped many times for a week
> or more in 90-100 degree weather and kept our food including milk fresh
> for up to a week. That is with 4 different Dometic RM182 over the the
> last 20 years in various vans. You do have to be smart about how you use
> the things.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> Karl Wolz wrote:
>
>> McNeely,
>> The Dometic, according to its own specs, is good for about a 30 degree
>> drop.  That's marginally adequate in 70 degree weather (like in the Black
>> Forest), but not so good in about 45 of our states this time of year.  I
>> installed extra fans inside and out after cleaning and resealing the
>> firebox, etc. before taking it out and gaining much storage space.
>>
>>
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