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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.