Re: [SilverStreak] Dometic fridge free to a good home

["Bussiere, Curtis L SFC RET" <curtis.bussiere@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eddie, I car pool to work in Houston for the weekends but I will call my ride 
and see if he has room. If he does the unit will be there around 3pm today. 
I am not sure if new fridge is 2 way or three way but I do have the installation 
instructions. They say run 10G wire to the units batt if it is mor then 1 ft 
away. One to pos and one to ground. They caution not to ground to the chassis 
but run the separate ground all the way to the batt. The fridge does not have a 
12V heat strip just needs the 12 V to operate the control panel. I don't know 
if this helps. Curt 

----- Original Message -----
From: Eddie 
Date: Friday, May 16, 2008 6:04
Subject: Re: [SilverStreak] Dometic fridge free to a good home
To: sslist@tompatterson.com

> Curtis,<BR>> I'd love to have it. Please dig a 2 ft hole, back truck in hole, 
> load 
> fridge, or strap to hand dolly, throw dolly over hitch, bring to 
> Houston. I 
> sure do have a need for this in my SS which got the original 
> thrown out for 
> a dorm fridge.
> 
> I personally would not use the coaches 12 v power.unless this is a 
> three-way 
> fridge. If a two-way fridge, the on-board charger / converter 
> voltage can 
> exceed 15 volts finish rate. There are serious problems with these 
> "new 
> electronic controller" fridges blowing the solid state controller 
> which are 
> like an LED with a narrow operating range of about 9 volts to 15 
> volts. Even 
> if a 3-way fridge, you have a choice. None of that will be 
> included in 
> instructions, even on new units. The controller is expensive and 
> nothing 
> will work without it.
> 
> The fridges controller draws very little current. I paid a lot for 
> my new 
> one in the motor home and don't want to risk ruining it. I simply 
> used a 
> little grey-plastic gel cell battery set in the ample space of the 
> compartment behind the fridge. It will last a long, long time. 
> It's charge 
> is easily maintained by plugging in a little universal 500 ma 
> (1/2) amp 
> charger converter into the wall outlet there in your fridges 
> compartment. 
> Doing this means you run no wiring from anywhere to anywhere and 
> get the 
> assurance of safe predictable voltage. The little, usually black 
> plastic, 
> charger is available everywhere and are used for things like 
> electric 
> razors, games, cordless phones, clocks, etc. and are inexpensive. 
> Try it. If 
> you have a little battery handy, just connect to the light little 
> wires and 
> plug in the fridge with an extension cord to test it. Be super 
> careful with 
> polarity. Getting it backward is sudden death.
> 
> If is a 3-way fridge, then I would still run the fridge controller 
> on the 12 
> volt little battery with independent charger, but then you will 
> have to run 
> the wire you describe for the 12 volt heater element heavy draw.
> 
> I realize there are many people who simply connect the new modern 
> fridge to 
> their coach "house" 12 volt supply. This is what I do and not 
> intended to 
> upset them or start a discussion of the notorious problem years of 
> various 
> manufacturers, especially Dometic.
> -Eddie-
> Houston, TX
>