Hi, Thanks very much for the response. I hadn't even thought to look at vendor's sites for a replacement. Looking at the GoWesty fan retro-fit, it just looks like a good quality computer fan. Is this what you are on the 2nd one of? Or was the first one just a "regular" computer fan? At a minimum, the GoWesty web page gives me all the specs I was looking for. I actually don't like how they mounted it, but it does give me info about orientation. Cheers, Steve W. On 28/08/2016 6:53 AM, Jim Felder wrote: > I think the consensus is going to be that regular computer fans don't > do a very good job. I am on my second fan replacement since I > installed the Gowesty fan about a year ago. It's a complete kit; you > will need nothing. It is quieter than the stock fan and your fridge > will cool better with it. > > Jim > > On Sunday, August 28, 2016, Steve Williams > <steve@williamsitconsulting.com > <mailto:steve@williamsitconsulting.com>> wrote: > > Hi, > > The fan on my Dometic fridge started squealing quite loudly when it > starts up. Not so great in the middle of the night ;) > > I am just going to replace it with a computer fan. I've got a few old > PC's that I can butcher. I figure I can cut up the metal from a power > supply to make a suitable bracket. Looking at the orientation of the > existing fan, I'll have to make a 90 degree bracket which isn't too > challenging if I use a power supply to cut up. > > I can't be the only person that's had to do this. What size fan > (cfm?) > did you use? What RPM did you use? I'm going to try to find a fairly > quiet fan, but really don't know what the cooling capacity should be. > > Thanks, > Steve Williams > |
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