Date:         Sun, 30 Jun 1996 20:04:21 -0700
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Ron Lussier <coyote@zuni.chaco.com>
Subject:      Re: Just how cold should that fridge get?

At 07:00 PM 6/30/96 -0500, David Schwarze wrote:
>My fridge will generally keep the inside temperature at 34 degrees,
>according to the thermometer.  What generally keeps fridges from getting
>this cold is lack of air circulation both inside the fridge and over the
>fins on the outside of the fridge.  With adequate ventilation, the fridge
>should be able to cool more than 40 degrees below the ambient temperature
>(although it will work hard to do it).

Along these lines, Camping World sells a wonderful little fan-in-a-cage made
for mobile fridges.  Since it runs on 2 'D' batteries, there is no need to
modify your fridge.  I have one, and plan on testing it during the Inuvik
journey.  But it seems like a great idea...

Ron
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