Gowesty has replacement fans with better, quieter blades. I found one on their ebay site (if I remember correctly) a lot cheaper than their catalog price. It seems that the fan being pointed where it's pointed is important, and the muffin fan didn't seem to create the stream of air that the original fan did. Of course if it does work as well, the muffin fan will be quieter and probably last much longer. Jim On Jul 22, 2004, at 11:13 AM, Alistair Bell wrote: > Hi, > > My fan packed it in a year ago. I first thought it was the temp sensor > which is attached to the fins on the outside back of the fridge, but it > tested ok (ohm meter and a lighter test). Turned out to be the fan > motor itself, the brush holder had broken and its is not really > repairable. I substituted a small 12V muffin fan mounted via an "L" > shaped bracket attached to the original fan bracket holes in the > fridge. > > Testing an replacement done, of course, with fridge on bench. > > Alistair > '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94 > > http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/ > > On 22-Jul-04, at 8:55 AM, Karl Ploessl wrote: > >> I used to hear the refrigerator fan come on all the time (even when >> refrigerator was not lit). Now I don't. Us there an easy way to check >> if the fan is working properly? What are the consequences of the >> refrigerator running w/o proper fan? >> -- >> Karl >> '81 Westy "Jenny" >> Wilmington, DE >> > |
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