Re: Camping in Cold Weather-Long but hopefully useful
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Looking at the exterior photos (earlier post above) of my fridge access hatch, you can see there is a nice 1/4" lip all the way around the opening. Looks to me like you could make up a "plug" for the opening that could be installed from the outside. Cut a piece of plywood - trim to a shape that exactly fits into the opening so it would rest on the inside lip. This would fit between the inside lip and the existing aluminum supports for the louvered door - cut out notches to clear the door supports. Then cut a sheet of insulating material (thickness to be determined by available space between inside wall and fridge) so it fits through the opening. Glue insulation to "inside" face of plywood. The plywood would rest on the lip, and the insulation would project inside through the opening. Whole thing would be held in place by the outside louvered cover when it is lowered into locked position. Might need some foam rubber weatherstrip spacers between the plywood and louvered cover to make it all fit tight.
Just brainstorming, but seems like it would work to me. I'm surprised Camping World doesn't already sell a molded plastic/foam plug that would work like this...
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