

| Subject: | Re: Rear External Fridge Fan |
| From: | Edward Maglott |
| Date: | Wed, 14 May 2008 20:28:29 -0400 |
Does anybody have any photos of this fan set up in the city water hole? Do you have it blow in or out? Thanks, Edward At 05:51 AM 5/11/2008, Frank Condelli wrote: >Harold, I have installed a 4" ~ 5" computer muffin fan in the place of the >City Water Outlet on my van and it helps tremendously in keeping the fridge >running in hot weather. The City water outlet is pretty much right where the >highest concentration of heat is behind the fridge. I have done this mod to >many of my customers vans and all report improved functioning of their >fridges. What I did was to cut the back off of the City Water >Outlet then mount the > muffin fan to the back of the housing. How I mount the fan depends on the >size and configuration of the fan. Some I have glued some I was able to use >two of the City Water Outlet's mounting screws, diagonally opposed. Then I >either wire it up to a switch on the sink front next to the >LED panel or mount >a micro switch on the City Water Outlet so that when the door is opened the >fan come on. The door is held open with a popcicle stick. Power for this >fan is picked up at the LED sink front panel. One thing to note is >that I may >not be good to run this fan consistently as there is a possibility of cooling >the fins at the rear of the fridge too much. So then I was then thinking to >connect that fan to the thermocouple switch at the rear of the fridge. Jury >is still out on this idea.
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