> I found that my replacement fan, a muffing fan, came one and stayed on > much more than the stock fan. I thought the shroud would help and > provide better convection flow over fins. > > Well it seems to have had little effect on the duty cycle of the > muffing fan. Alistair: I posted last fall my experience with fans. Briefly, I replaced the original rear cooling fan with TWO Radio Shack muffin fans. The fans came on early and ran all day--into the evening. The fridge struggled to keep cold (<--my interpretation.) I removed them and put in a single Volterra fan that is the current (best) stock replacement for the rear fan. Back to "normal"--fan comes on when hot, runs, cycles off, back on, etc, etc. Fridge runs fine. My conclusion is that the muffin fans (computer fans) are a mistake. (Understatement.... ;-)
Richard A Jones Boulder, Colorado |
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