Just returned last week from a trip from Wisconsin to the Canadian
Rockies. Everything in the camper worked fine for the trip.
Saw few EVC's on the trip until Aug. 22 when we camped at Mosquito Creek
campground which has a total of 32 sites. Believe it or not, 4 of them were
occupied by EVCs that night; 1 from BC, 1 from CA, 1 From MN, and mine from
WI. We could have had a reunion right there! Any list members who were there
that night?
For those of you lusting for Westfalia campers: a German on holiday in
Canada with a rented Dodge van camper and a Westfalia EuroVan in Germany
came over and wanted to see my camper in Jasper. After he looked it over he
said he was very jealous. He would much prefer the Winnebago conversion to
his Westfalia at home. However, there is another side to this story. When I
asked him what engine he had in his EuroVan at home he hesitated and had a
sheepish look on his face. He said he had an engine specially built for
them. It is a five cylinder and will drive the EuroVan at 205 km/hr. That's
over 120 mph! Well, I guess if you get to drive on the Autobahn with no
speed limit that would be nice. I'm quite satisfied with my stock 5
cylinder. It consistently turned in over 15 mpg pulling a utility trailer
and approached 20 mpg when we had a tailwind.
Met a number of EVCers who were having problems with the fridge. I
wonder how many of the problems are due to insects or spiders decreasing the
airflow in the exhaust and intake pipes of the fridge. Once in a while I
remove the outside cover on mine and put a vacuum hose over the exhaust tube
to suck any developing obstructions out. I also run the fridge for a while
after each time I wash the car to dry out any moisture that may have gone
in there. So far my fridge is working fine. It's capacity is to cool about
40 degrees below ambient temp. If I have things which need to be cooled down
in the fridge, I put them in in the evening when the fridge has more cooling
power during the cool hours. I also try to park with the fridge on the
shaded side of the car whenever possible, even better if the whole car can
be shaded to keep the interior temps down. If the interior is at 120
degrees, I can't expect the fridge to cool below 80 degrees.
Marve
'95 EVC
