weissmand
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Recently, I was camping in 90+ degree weather. I have a fridge fan that blows on the coils inside the fridge. If the fridge was opened it would take about 8 hours to bring the temperature back down to the mid 30's. It seems the cooling ability wasn't enough to keep up with the outside temperature. I've disconnected the light to remove any possible heat from that. Being I have a family, they are not deligent in sealing the door (snapping it shut!) but close it without the snap.
So the question begs, does a flue fan or something of that type actually assist the cooling process enough in hot weather or am I wasting my money?
Thoughts, opinion, conjecture, Random thoughts are welcome!
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dextery
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I posted this elsewhere and it may be helpful to you.
You need to check your venting of the fridge to be sure the heat is going up and out the vent and is not clogged with insects or insect nests. If the vent is clear, a fix is to get from a computer store
one or two 6 inch fans 12 volt and wire them with a toggle on off switch and blow air up through the coils. This effectively removes the heat up the vent more quickly and thus causes more efficient cooling inside the fridge. I use mine when the ambient temps get to around 80 degrees.
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Fishinghat
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I installed five small computer muffin fans to blow air up past the coils in the back of the frig and out the top vent. I've used a thermal IR meter to measure the heat and the coils seem to stay about 20 to 25 degrees above the temperature of the outside air. When it was 80 degrees outside, the coils were between 97 and 105, and the inside of the frig was 34 to 37. Works for me. JMHO
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ScottnSherrie
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Somewhere out there is a site that explains how the venting is supposed to work. One major factor is that the coils need to be rather tight to the outside wall to get proper airflow via the draft effect created by rising hot air from the coils. The recommended distance was about 1 inch.
I checked my vent area and it was clear but had way too much space between the coils and the wall of the MH. I installed a couple of 80mm computer fans with an on/off switch mounted in the utility compartment under the fridge. I think it has helped.
I also took out the fridge light, as I discovered that it was always on, and I hooked a smaller computer fan to the light connections so that when the fridge is on, my fan inside the fridge is on.
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Heversole
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for a quick cool down, I put a bag of ice in the freezer and 1 in the frige. After the cool down, I would then pit already cooled down stuff in.
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Lone Eagle
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I recently had the same problem. The fan helped but properly adjusting the gas pressure from 8 to 11 inches did the trick. It only takes a few minutes. Later! Frank
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Johnofbham
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To reinforce what others are saying, my frig. quite working and the problem turn out to be a small corner of insulation was partially blocking the cooling air flow. Even this small, partial interference was enough to stop the cooling.
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Ky-Dan
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Quote:I recently had the same problem. The fan helped but properly adjusting the gas pressure from 8 to 11 inches did the trick. It only takes a few minutes. Later! Frank
How did you do that??
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marksman69
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yeah i had the same problem. my frige just wouldnt get below 45-55 degrees on a real hot day with normal usage of frige door. i read all i could on the net about venting. the distance behind my frige was about 6-8 inches. way too much. it should be an inch or two. more than that allows the air to move up the chimney area but it goes around the cooling coils. i took a piece of 2x4 and some plywood and made a baffel right at the cooling fans at the top of the frige. i had to reach down from the vent on the roof. i left 1/2 inch space between the fins and the baffel. that worked amazing. i then added a small computer fan (radio shack) to the inside of my frige on the inside coils and one on the rear access door to blow air into the cavity behind the frige. i now have problems keeping stuff in my frige from freezing! good luck and try the baffel.
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FourBeer
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Quote:I recently had the same problem. The fan helped but properly adjusting the gas pressure from 8 to 11 inches did the trick. It only takes a few minutes. Later! Frank
Could you explain a little more? Did you mean inches of water or inches of mercury. They are quite different.
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