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Subject:Refrigerator cooling: Do extra fans help?
From:Ken Hunter
Date:Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:23:20 EDT

I always read the refrigerator threads hoping to pick up tips to improve the
cooling ability. Some of the tips involved adding an extra cooling fan or
fans to remove more of the hot air that builds up behind the refrigerator and
presumably aid cooling.I don't know how I overlooked this before but I read
in a recent post that the Dometic RM 182 is designed to cool a maximum of
only 40F below the outside ambient temperature. I've been checking mine on
120VAC and propane and find this figure to be roughly accurate. Has anyone
added the extra fans and improved on this figure?
Thanks,

Ken Hunter
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