At 04:38 PM 2/22/97 -0600, Sean Bartnik wrote: >Hey all, >I have a quick question. I know that the efficiency of the Dometic >Westy fridge can be increased by installing a little fan inside the >fridge to blow over the fins. I have heard of some folks getting a >teeny fan like this at Radio Shack. > >I went to Radio Shack today and looked at their fan selection. The only >thing I could find that was close to what I heard about is a really >small (about the size of a little matchbox) fan that's sold as a CPU >cooling fan. It runs on 12v DC and draws 0.9 amps. I assume this is >the fan that is referred to? Does this fan flow enough air to do the >job? How would one go about mounting this fan and running the wiring? > >I have seen a fan sold specifically for this purpose, it's made by an RV >products manufacturer and sits in the bottom of the fridge and blows air >up. I've never seen it in person but I know it exists, I saw it on the >packaging of a water tank filler. Does anyone know where I could find >this fan? > >I'm interested in doing this because of my upcoming camping trip. I'm >gonna have some perishable stuff in the fridge and I want to make sure I >don't have any spoilage problems. The fridge itself works fine, I just >want to make it work better. Camping World has a most excellent self-contained fan that takes 2 'D' batteries and goes for about a month on them. It *does* tend to keep the fridge a little cooler, in my experience. It also doesn't require drilling a hole in your fridge. C'yote -- Ron 'Coyote' Lussier /\_/\ ____ Chaco Communications (408) 865-0657 ( ) \ _/__ 10164 Parkwood Drive #8 coyote@chaco.com \ / \X / Cupertino, CA 95014-1533 (1990 VW Westfalia Camper) \_/ \/ http://www.chaco.com/~coyote
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