Date:         Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:56:44 -0700
Reply-To:     David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dometic Fan
Comments: To: David Boan <dboan@outlook.com>
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This is one of the things I did when I was trying to improve the
refrigerator performance.  Unfortunately, my refrigerator was too far gone
otherwise, and so it was not a good test of whether that works or not.  I
do not recall details of the fan.

Regarding the comment that anything that improves refrigerator performance
would have universally adopted, well, not necessarily.  Some are quite
happy with the performance of the refrigerator for their purposes, and
indeed I was for quite a long while.  Then the machine went crappy over a
short period of time.  It was not cooling on propane, even with a robust
flame.  But it does strike me that if there were such a simple way to
improve the operation, Westfalia should have come up with it, and made it a
part of the camper factory install.

mcneely

On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 3:14 PM David Boan <dboan@outlook.com> wrote:

> I just came across Frank Condelli & Associates article on fridge
> maintenance (See http://www.frankcondelli.com/fridge.htm ), and one of
> the upgrades they recommend is to put an exhaust fan for the fridge in
> place of the city water hookup (or cut a new hole if you use that hookup).
> The idea is that this will vent the heat from the fridge outside rather
> than inside, which is the current setup.  My questions is has anyone done
> this?  What size fan did you use and where did you find it?  Was it worth
> the effort?
>
>
> Thanks
> Dave B
> Boise, ID
>