At 12:05 PM 10/12/98 -0700, Nathaniel Merrill wrote:

>One other problem actually.  The small circulator fan I installed in the fridge 

>died after 1 month of continuous duty.  It was one of the Radio Shack Match box 

>size CPU fans.  Refrigerator performance suffered after that (ice build up on the fins). 

I had the exact same thing happen to me -- my RadioShack micro fan died after about ten hours of continuous use. I had mounted it horizontally UNDER the fins inside of the fridge. I think it simply "froze" to death! My second micro fan has faired far better -- over 100 hours continuous use my last camping trip. This time I mounted it VERTICALLY near the top of the refrigerator "ceiling" (where it is warmer) using a piece of bent metal to hold it in place. Sure keeps the temperature nice and even! I think this will do the "trick". Notwithstanding, I now have a backup micro fan in my glovebox, just in case.

Cheers,

<bold>Michael J. Sullivan

</bold><italic>Director of Catalog Design

Open Market, Inc.

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