You got that about right. The professionals don't miss much, whatever it is
they are working on.

Jim

On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 5:57 PM David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com>
wrote:

> This is one of the things I did when I was trying to improve the
> refrigerator performance.  Unfortunately, my refrigerator was too far gone
> otherwise, and so it was not a good test of whether that works or not.  I
> do not recall details of the fan.
>
> Regarding the comment that anything that improves refrigerator performance
> would have universally adopted, well, not necessarily.  Some are quite
> happy with the performance of the refrigerator for their purposes, and
> indeed I was for quite a long while.  Then the machine went crappy over a
> short period of time.  It was not cooling on propane, even with a robust
> flame.  But it does strike me that if there were such a simple way to
> improve the operation, Westfalia should have come up with it, and made it a
> part of the camper factory install.
>
> mcneely
>
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 3:14 PM David Boan <dboan@outlook.com> wrote:
>
> > I just came across Frank Condelli & Associates article on fridge
> > maintenance (See http://www.frankcondelli.com/fridge.htm ), and one of
> > the upgrades they recommend is to put an exhaust fan for the fridge in
> > place of the city water hookup (or cut a new hole if you use that
> hookup).
> > The idea is that this will vent the heat from the fridge outside rather
> > than inside, which is the current setup.  My questions is has anyone done
> > this?  What size fan did you use and where did you find it?  Was it worth
> > the effort?
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > Dave B
> > Boise, ID
> >
>