Date:         Tue, 4 Aug 2009 23:27:37 -0700
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dometic Rear Fan *prop* Better than CPU Fan?
Comments: To: Richard A Jones <jones@colorado.edu>
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On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Richard A Jones<jones@colorado.edu> wrote:
>> After reading Richard Jones findings on muffin fans (IIRC, he
>> speculated that 2 muffin fans may block convection air flow at
>> rear of Dometic thus forcing it to run more often) it occurred to me
>> that the Dometic prop might be a better design for this
>> application. Certainly better than the over sized CPU fan I currently
>> have mounted on my Dometic.
>
> Just get the fridge cool fan from:
> http://valterra.com/RV/refrigerator_fans.htm
> Ouch!  $41!  It is a very close replacement for
> the original Dometic fan.
>



For sure. I agree.  :)   But....

I can't justify spending 50-60 Cnd. on my Dometic.

If all this fuss doesn't yield lower (or at least more consistent)
temps inside my Dometic, then it's either time for a Yeti (or equal)
or a VF/TF.

In passing, it seems ironic (given that I swapped in a muffin fan)
that the stock fan *feels* like it moves more air than any of the
muffin fans I tested it against.

Neil.







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