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Subject:Re: Dometic Fridge Trouble-shooting
From:Davidson
Date:Sat, 24 Apr 1999 22:20:12 -0700

Marshall,
Go to www.rv.com and then the 'publication search button' and then type in
the search for RM182B and you will find more than you want.
By the way did you wait about 1/2 to 1 hour to see if it got cold on any of
the three power sources? Did the propane light?
Bill
90 Westy Syncro
-----Original Message-----
From: Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Saturday, April 24, 1999 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: Dometic Fridge Trouble-shooting

>OK, thanks for that.
>
>Is there a source for manuals on the thing? Bentley has very little on the
>subject.
>
>Marshall
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Horace K. Sawyer <firestream@mindspring.com>
>To: Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
>Date: Saturday, April 24, 1999 11:45 PM
>Subject: Re: Dometic Fridge Trouble-shooting
>
>
>>Hold on, just keep it plugged in to the house and make sure the switch is
>>in the right position to 110v.  I don't know what it is, but they don't
>>just turn on when you want it to.  It comes on when it "feels like it."
No
>>kidding, in my experience.  Don't know the science behind the Dometic.
So,
>>try this.
>>
>>Tomorrow when you check it, you may or may not hear a running compressor.
>>It runs for awhile, then shuts off, etc.  Pretty quiet, but clearly
>audible.
>>
>>HK
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>At 11:09 PM 4/24/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>>Hi Everybody:
>>>
>>>Well, today I tried my fridge for the very first time since I got the
>Westy
>>>in November. No luck on AC/DC or propane.
>>>
>>>The two fuses behind the drivers seat are OK. Tried plugging in the
fridge
>>>directly into extension cord to isolate problems further. Still, no luck.
>>>
>>>Anybody have any ideas? Does this fridge make any sound, vibration or
>other
>>>indication it's working, beyond getting cold?
>>>
>>>The one good thing is that at least my stove elements work!
>>>
>>>Cheers!
>>>
>>>Marshall Ruskin
>>>84 Westy "Iron Igloo"
>>>Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
>>
>>
>>
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