At 10:31 AM 4/27/99 -0700, Kevin Mikkelson wrote:
>Off line Bill and I have been discussing the wiring of additional fans
>behind a Dometic refrigerator.  I wired mine in series he in parallel.
>Parallel advantages:
>With a parallel set up if the first fan in the series burns out the second
>fan would continue to operate.
>With a parallel set up it is possible to wire a switch to manually turn off
>the selected fan.
>Series advantage:
>If one fan fails the circuit fails and you know you have a failure, if you
>notice no fan noise.
>Mine is already wired in series, if no major safety concerns I will not
>have to rewire.
>
>I wanted to get the lists opinions, are there any unseen dangers (current
>draw?) in my wiring the stock fan in series with a second fan?

        Hey, this sounds great.  I need to install another fan too, but the only
problem is, and I hate to admit it, I am a dummy when it comes to
electronics.  Any way you could send me a wiring diagram with explanations
on how to accomplish the parallel set up?   I really do not know what that
means.  I understand "series" uses the same wiring path, if that is the
right terminology.

        Any explanations, pictures, etc., would be appreciated!  And what fans did
you go with and where did you get them?

thx

:HKS