Blow out -- you want to exhaust the heat from the rear of the refrigerator. -- 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
On 5/14/2008 5:28 PM Edward Maglott wrote: > Does anybody have any photos of this fan set up in the city water > hole? Do you have it blow in or out? > Thanks, > Edward > > At 05:51 AM 5/11/2008, Frank Condelli wrote: > >> Harold, I have installed a 4" ~ 5" computer muffin fan in the place of the >> City Water Outlet on my van and it helps tremendously in keeping the fridge >> running in hot weather. The City water outlet is pretty much right where the >> highest concentration of heat is behind the fridge. I have done this mod to >> many of my customers vans and all report improved functioning of their >> fridges. What I did was to cut the back off of the City Water >> Outlet then mount the >> muffin fan to the back of the housing. How I mount the fan depends on the >> size and configuration of the fan. Some I have glued some I was able to use >> two of the City Water Outlet's mounting screws, diagonally opposed. Then I >> either wire it up to a switch on the sink front next to the >> LED panel or mount >> a micro switch on the City Water Outlet so that when the door is opened the >> fan come on. The door is held open with a popcicle stick. Power for this >> fan is picked up at the LED sink front panel. One thing to note is >> that I may >> not be good to run this fan consistently as there is a possibility of cooling >> the fins at the rear of the fridge too much. So then I was then thinking to >> connect that fan to the thermocouple switch at the rear of the fridge. Jury >> is still out on this idea. > |
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