Here's a tip for those servicing the fridge: Replace the factory fan with a computer fan. They are brushless type, use less amperage and are quieter. Lube the computer fan bearing with light machine oil before installing. Peel back the label and put one drop, then seal it over with the label. Use a small amount of thermal transfer compound like the type used for computers between the thermal switch and the fins. Robert 1982 Westfalia making mini-icecubes --- On Thu, 6/13/13, David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > From: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> > Subject: Re: Dometic-Condenser fan running! > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 10:35 AM > At 12:28 PM 6/13/2013, Steven Johnson > wrote: > >Pardon my confusion on this David and all. I think > I like the idea > >of this extra thermo switch but is the fan needed for DC > or AC > >operation or just propane operation only? > > The fan runs based on the condenser fin temperature. > The thermostat > is attached to one of the fins. The condenser temp is > largely > independent of the heat source used to power the fridge > (although > using gas does shed some extra heat from the flue into the > area > behind the fridge). > > Yours, > David > |
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