Yes, I use the city water outside access port. I remove the assembly and modify it. With the spring loaded door left in place, I cut the plastic guts out of the rest so a fan can be mounted to the back of it. A pretty small muffin fan will do fine. I use a temp switch to activate it and take power from the lead to the main fridge fan temp switch. One of the ones I installed the owner wanted a manual switch instead so we mounted a small switch to the vent grill on the side of the fridge cabinet. When you are camped with the fridge lit you simply prop open the city water door with something. The temp switches I use for the vent fans come on at a lower temp than the stock one for the main fridge fan. That way the main fan comes on less. For mounting the small fan, Goop works well to glue to plastic and it can be completely peeled off later if need be. If you still have the stock Westy faucet you will need to thread a plug into the end of the line that used to attach to the city water assembly or water can backflow out of that pipe when the faucet is used. Mark
Jeffrey Vickers wrote: > Mark, > > How did you set up the exhaust fan? Did you use the city water inlet > as previously listed? Is the fan on a thermostat? > > Thanks, > > >> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 16:31:12 -0800 >> From: mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET> >> Subject: Re: venting, was Re: dometic 182b question >> ... >> >> What I and others have done is to install a fan that vents the hot air >> from behind the fridge to the outside. My main problem is my fridge >> keeping food too cold unless I adjust the temp setting. I recent >> camped >> for 12 days in Baja, days in the 90s, nights in high 70s and low 80s. >> The fins inside my fridge were a solid block of ice that grew larger >> every day. >> >> Mark > > |
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