Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:25:46 -0400
Reply-To: neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA>
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From: neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA>
Subject: Re: Dometic question. (yes did search archives.... ;^)
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Hey thanks for attachment (though sadly I don't have
Exel :( and your improvement tips. I will certainly
find the best way (fans, voodoo) to take the extra
heat away from behind refer. On that note, it would be
interesting to remove refer from sink unit, and run it
in the van when interior is really hot. (on AC i
guess...) See how much better it works with lots of
room around the back of it.
I recall reading of the sheet metal idea somewhere.
Maybe it was something you had posted.....
interesting. It would be kinda cool to make something
along those lines that uses the grill at bottom of
refer to directly draw colder(?) air from floor of
van. Likely too much work for a desperate idea... ;)
--- Alistair Bell <albell@uvic.ca> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> attached is excel ss of a test i did on my fridge
> last year. Ambient
> temps not as high as 29, but you get the idea.
>
>
> I have buggered around a lot with trying to improve
> the fridge
> performance. Here are a few things I have done:
>
>
> - removed fridge and cleaned all fins
> -cleaned combustion chamber and gas jet
> - turned the fridge upside down for 24 hours (the
> idea is to
> redistribute coolant - hydrogen/ammonia cylce)
> - replaced broken fin fan with computer muffler fan
> - not a great
> idea, Volterra brand fan from gowesty seems a better
> fix. Computer
> fan does not move enough air, fan cycles too much.
> -formed a sheet metal shroud around fan and fins to
> direct air
> better, enhance convection etc. I can't say if this
> has worked any
> better than stock.
> -small 12 V cpu fan inside fridge to move air
> around inside. This
> does help.
> -additional fan mounted to grill that faces the top
> loading
> cupboards. The idea was to move more air out from
> behind fridge. It
> is separately switched and does blow hot air, so I
> guess it does help.
> - tightened up all screws of hinges and latch.
> - bright blue led to replace stock dim green one,
> this is a good mod,
> so easy now to see if fridge lit and if burning high
> or low (led
> intensity varies with combustion chamber temp)
>
> Alistair
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