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Subject:Re: Westy fridge efficiency in 12v mode
From:Shawn Wright
Date:Wed, 27 May 1998 14:44:54 -0800

On 27 May 98 at 0:34, Joseph J. Liasse wrote:

> BTW: What do you mean by "Incredibly well"?  Mine is not so much a fridge as
> it is a "self-propelled" cooler. Works about as well as your average ice
> chest but without the need to add ice. I haven't seen many that do much
> better than this. Maby you lucked out.
>
I guess we did too... Two days into our first long trip, we had frozen milk for
breakfast... Ever since then I have kept the thermostat at about 3/4, and even
then, things on the top rack still get nearly frozen.

Much of this may be the ambient temp also - this trip it was only about 15 deg
C as a high.
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Shawn Wright
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Shawnigan Lake School
250-743-6240
swright@sls.bc.ca