78 Refer access

[john r. lebetski]

How do you get behind a 78 refer to clean, inspect, service, safety check? I have a 77 but don’t know why they put louvers for final model year.
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John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II

 

[sgltrac]

Probably pull it out the wall.

Sully
Bellevue wa

On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 5:19 PM John R. Lebetski
wrote:

> How do you get behind a 78 refer to clean, inspect, service, safety
> check? I have a 77 but don’t know why they put louvers for final model
> year.
> --
> John Lebetski
> Woodstock, IL
> 77 Eleganza II
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[jim kanomata1]

John,
I got a door panel similar size and cut the hole in the lower section.
I left the top alone.
When I replaced the refer with the LPG unit I added the top vent on the
roof and left the upper louver as is.

> Probably pull it out the wall.
>
> Sully
> Bellevue wa
>
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 5:19 PM John R. Lebetski

>
> > How do you get behind a 78 refer to clean, inspect, service, safety
> > check? I have a 77 but don’t know why they put louvers for final model
> > year.
> > --
> > John Lebetski
> > Woodstock, IL
> > 77 Eleganza II
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Jim Kanomata ASE
Applied/GMC, Newark,CA
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[richard]

If a rooftop refrigerator vent is installed on a 1978 the upper louver stamped into the aluminum sidewall should be blocked off from the inside.
Otherwise the sidewall vent will act as a short circuit to the airflow. Letting air out the side vent means less air will be moving over the
refrigerator fins. If there's a baffle a maximum of 1" off of the back of the fins, as both Dometic and Norcold specify, blocking the sidewall vent
is less important, but I'd still do it.