dust control

Hi Trev,

We had a swan and far as I was always aware you could not run the fridge whilst driving, the 3 way fridges need to be still and level. You could replace it with a compressor type like a 90 Lt Engel 12v/240v.

David

G day Trev&Ness

We Have 6 mt old Jayco outback hawk that find is very good , we run the fridge off the tow vehicle thru an anderson plug all the time when travelling . At easter time we went on some very dusty tracks , a lot dust got in thru the vents on the door and fridge. I plan to make covers to go the vents and disconnect the anderson plug to the vehicle when on real dusty roads . If the fridge cooled not opened it should ok for 4 -5 hrs . Hope this helps Regards Macca.

Trev,

We have just finished a round oz trip in a Goldstream Storm, we tried different ways of closing vents on ours, eventually some heavy duty plastic with velcro stuck to the van and to the plastic proved best, as we could easily remove all panels when we pulled up for the night, we even used to cover the bottom fridge vent while travelling with fridge on 12 volt, the fridge was always cold and freezer still frozen, but to be honest on the seriously talcom powder like dusty roads, nothing kept all the dust out. Our storm was fitted with a positive pressure ventilation hatch on the top, I tried it twice in 50,000k and each time the dust was way worse than with the vent left closed, it seemed to suck the dust in somehow, I spoke to some caravanners who swore by there positive vent hatches, but I think because the normal height of a Caravan roof is higher than the folded down roof of our set ups, it kept it away from the dust more.

Cheers....Browny