Refrigerator Fan
Is anyone familiar with a charcoal filter fan.
Thanks
Neil
I don't know about the "charcoal" part, but you can find this very useful "fan, refrigerator" in the BoatUS or West Marine catalog for about $20. The batteries (2-D) last about a month running continuously. It really seems to make a difference.
Warren & Pattie Updike
C320 "Warr de Mar" #62
Is
this the West Marine item you describe:
-bill
Karl - This went well. I mounted the fan next to the controller, left side. I am hoping that the air will blow across the freezer and keep it from icing up. I fished the wire through the chase that you are thinking of - it comes out just in front of the compressor. I then circled back to the refrigerator switch on the panel - the switch is on, the fan is on.
- Allan
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> Alan,
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> How did this project go?
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> I just bought some cheapo 12v fans so I am ready to
tackle this project.
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> I've located the aux fan terminals on the compressor
electronics (back in the aft lazarrette)
and will need to run a pair of wires forward into the fridge. I
> was thinking of fishing the wire in the run that
contains the 2 copper tubes of refrigerant.
>
> Where did you actually mount the fan? It looks like
there is a lot of wasted space right under the freezer section.
I was thinking of either pointing the fan
> up along the side nearest the companionway, or have the
fan blow under the bottom wire shelf from the freezer
towards the main part of the box.
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> Karl Mielenhausen
> 2000 C320 Hull#690 "Silver Lining"
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>
> Allan ,It works well. I tied
it to the positive side of the refer wiring so when the refer compressor is on it is
on. I also put in a very small switch
> in the elbow so I could turn
it off. The PVC pipe ran down next to the freezer, down to the lowest place in the unit.
(STBD aft) The switch and the12 v fan is
> in an 90 degrees elbow at the
top. I use it with great success on extended trips but not day to day, thus theswitch.When used with a covering on top of the re fer
> it materially reduces the runtime of the refer.Hope this helps.
Cheers, Dick and Jauhree Walker
> I intend to install a 12-volt computer
fan in the fridge this weekend. A
few questions for those who have gone before:
> Is it realistic to think that the air circulation will cut down on the frost/ice build-up over the freezer, much like the fan in a frost-free fridge at home works?
And on what wall of the fridge should the fan be installed? Any other words of wisdom? Thanks in advance.
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