Refrigerator cooling fans

[Curt Sprenger]

Fred,

Our frig., 21 years old, was doing what you describe. Following the suggestion here, I put two of the 2D fans inside on the top shelf. When parked, I make sure that air can circulate along the inside walls of the frig. Next I installed one computer fan at the top of the vent, along with a thermostat that I set at 85 degrees. Next was the shroud.


On a 90 degree day the frig. runs about 37 degrees. Overnight it gets down to 27 degrees. That's running on AC or Propane. Cooler days require the frig. thermostat to be set higher (warmer), or the food will freeze at night. This was a cheap fix, for now.

On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Fred Bellows <"nytexcel@yahoo.com"> wrote:

Hank and Chuck, are you running on AC, propane, or DC in those hot

summer situations? Also, how old is fridge? Because I have a 90SP and

I think the Dometic is original (not sure the model #), and I had

troubles keeping it cool on our trip in July (~50 midday in fridge-

went down to ~37 at night, but then creeped back up). (on both AC and

propane) Was planning on adding these discussed fans and shrouds. I

bought a little 2D cell fan to sit inside to stir up a little, but

very marginal improvement. Should I do fans or consider a new unit? I

would really like it to function properly on our next long summer trek.



Thanx,



Fred Bellows

90SP

Phx, AZ

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Curt Sprenger
1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
Anaheim Hills, CA