Refer fan pics

[craig333]

I forget who wanted to know the size but here it is installed. Two D batteries. Not much airflow but I suppose its enough inside the fridge. Yes, I need to clean the fridge Normal small size bottles I assume we all use in our small fridges.






Now I just have to figure why I'm carrying two bottles of oil!

 

[ski3pin]

Now I just have to figure why I'm carrying two bottles of oil!

Nice choice on butter, though.

 

[longhorn1]

Craig, better in the back of the fridge where the back wall freezes. jd

 

[camelracer]

Where's the beer?

 

[smlobx]

I forget who wanted to know the size but here it is installed. Two D batteries. Not much airflow but I suppose its enough inside the fridge. Yes, I need to clean the fridge Normal small size bottles I assume we all use in our small fridges.
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Now I just have to figure why I'm carrying two bottles of oil!

Just out of curiosity why are you keeping the oil in the fridge at all?

 

[craig333]

Store in a cool dark place. The fridge is pretty much the only cool place in the camper. Some oils are recommended to be refrigerated.

https://www.reviewed.com/refrigerators/features/how-to-store-cooking-oils-at-home

Olive oil, since I use safflower at home that must have been purchased on the road. Sometimes when you purchase for size you have to take what you get. Funny thing is, I don't use much oil when I'm camping. Too messy

I'm very poor at inventorying my supplies. How come I often wind up with multiples of many items. Spur of the moment trips don't help with the planning.

 

[trikebubble]

Close the door before all the cool falls out!!!!! ......oh wait, sorry...I thought it was my Wife for a second.

 

[Andy Douglass]

That's a lot of mayonnaise.

 

[craig333]

Yes it is! Another example of my lack of inventory management. However, things do ride nicer if they're all nicely packed together.

 

[abqbw]

I wish I could find a better fridge fan. I have that one and have had several others too. They are all anemic. Does anyone know of a better fridge fan?

 

[PaulT]

I wish I could find a better fridge fan. I have that one and have had several others too. They are all anemic. Does anyone know of a better fridge fan?

There are tradeoffs associated with a more powerful & power hungry fan. A fan inside the fridge will not add cooling due to flow of air, but will tend to even out the temp within the fridge. This suggests that a relatively small fan that can move 3 cu ft per minute (the size of a large RV fridge interior) will turn over all the air in the fridge 60 times per hour.
A external fan in the fridge cabinet just needs to exhaust the air heated by the fridge heat pump action. This is an even smaller volume of air to move than inside the fridge but it’s purpose is exhaust the heated air from the rear of the fridge & replace it with ambient temperature air to reduce the energy required to maintain the fridge internal temperature. The volume of air in the fridge cabinet outside my fridge is about 2 cu ft. I had a fan that moves 25 cu ft/min for less than 0.2 amps so I mounted it & wired it to the reefer fan circuit. I can feel the hot air being exhausted by the fan when it is running. Ambient air replaces the air heated by the running fridge about 12 times per minute which should be sufficient. A fan similar to mine is like this one:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N1Y4HRO/ref=s9_acsd_hps_bw_c_x_4_w
It would be best to wire it up so the fan runs only when the fridge runs, but I run mine only when the ambient temperature is above 60 deg F or so.
Paul

 

[Vic Harder]

I mounted a 140mm (BIG) computer fan to help vent the compressor, and wired it so that it only runs when the fridge is on. I would love to see some detailed pics of how to mount a small computer (muffin) fan inside the fridge that also only runs when the compressor is on.