At 12:48 PM 7/7/97 -0500, Blue Eyes wrote:
>Has anyone ever tried to design a condenser air chimney that extends
>into the outside panel space, passing up between the kitchen windows,
>exiting through a rain cap at a sufficiently high point to induce
>natural draft just like other compact RV vehicles?  Obviously it should
>be insulated if only to retain as much density shift as possible through
>out the whole column since that's what makes chimneys auto-vent. 
>Probably the external fan could become almost redundant.
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>It seems to me that VW sold vehicles with motor radiator fans that came
>on too late and refrigerator fans that came on too early.  We owners are
>left with the task of correcting their kit's design.
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>Blue
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No, but I sure have thought about it. One thing you could do is put an
external, louvered access hatch on the outside of the van at about the
refridg location. Aesthetically not so pleasing though
Bob B