On 6/28/2007 12:29 PM Todd Last wrote: > Did you check sealing around the door? > I've always felt that the door set-up with the Dometic fridge was a design which would allow lots of cooling losses because of bed sealing. Seal the door with tape for testing. > Also, did you add a fan inside the fridge to blow air over the heat sink on the inside? The warmer air rises, gets cooled at the heat sink, and falls. With no groceries, there is already circulation due to this convection. Moving the air more rapidly won't do anything. > Have you considered adding extra mass on the inside heat sink (maybe adding some computer CPU heat sinks) Interesting idea -- what if the reefer is limited by the meager cooling surface? Can't think offhand of an easy test for this, though. If there was some way to double the cooling surface, temporarily, a fellow could do a before 'n' after. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR |
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