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Subject:Re: Westy Dometic 12 volt thermostatic control ?
From:David Beierl
Date:Mon, 17 Feb 2014 20:05:35 -0500

At 07:42 PM 2/17/2014, mark drillock wrote:
>Years back someone came up with a procedure to add thermostatic control
>to the Dometic when it is running on 12 volts. Does anyone have this
>info or a link to where it can be found?

Mark, I used a DPDT rocker switch on the front panel to switch the
thermostat contacts to either AC or to the coil of a relay that would
energize the 12V element.  Relay was mounted on top of the fridge.
Worked a treat.

Yrs,
d