SweetLou
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I want to hook up a small fan I purchased in my Norcold refrigerator. It works on 12v and the refer has a magnetic button which when you open the door tells the light to come on. In other words the wire at the light is not always hot. Does anyone have any ideas? Keep in mind there is no switch at the door it works on a small magnet.
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tvman44
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Hook the fan across the switch, it will me next to the magnet probably in the wall. hth 
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itsalleasy
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I hooked mine to the hot for the thermostat. Pull the cover and use a meter to find voltage.
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SweetLou
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tvman44 wrote:Hook the fan across the switch, it will me next to the magnet probably in the wall. hth
I don't know how I would find any of those wires. The only wires are 4 that go into the clip for the light. I have the hot red one only when the relay is activated by breaking the magnet from the door as you open it. I don't know if the other three wires are hot at all times.
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winkyb
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itsalleasy wrote:I hooked mine to the hot for the thermostat. Pull the cover and use a meter to find voltage.
Sort of off subject.I just put one in and was wondering how it is working for you?I am thinking this mite be to much fan 30 CFM so they say?
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itsalleasy
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winkyb wrote:itsalleasy wrote:I hooked mine to the hot for the thermostat. Pull the cover and use a meter to find voltage.
Sort of off subject.I just put one in and was wondering how it is working for you?I am thinking this mite be to much fan 30 CFM so they say?
About 4 years and working well. The frig cools down way faster than it did without the fan, almost as well as a compressor frig.
Because it has been awhile since I put it in I am not sure about the exact cfm, but know it would be way less than 30, probably 8 or 10. I got a new one for a spare a couple of weeks ago (old one seems to be getting a little louder), just looked at the specs again. It is 0.30m3/min, roughly 8 cfm. All you want to do is keep the air moving a little in a relatively small box.
I'm not sure if you dry camp but the replacement I got is supposed to draw .04 amp. That seems unrealistically low to me, more like LED power. But a small fan that will do the job is going to draw a lot less power than one moving 30 cfm. If you do dry camp a small one will be easier on your batteries.
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ozhoo
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winkyb wrote:...to much fan?
Wink,
Mine is 32 cfm and like I said, it works like a champ.
Here's mine. It's hung off the lite and pointed directly at the cooloing fins.
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winkyb
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Thank you I don`t boon dock much and if I do will have a generator running for A/C.Have to keep DW in the cool she is accustom.
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winkyb
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winkyb
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Sorry don`t know where three post came from.There was only one yesterday
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