Electric fridge cooling fan question

[chaps2018]

Originally Posted by 1948ncroy

.....The fan is definitely worth the $20+.....

Can you send a link?

[chaps2018]

Originally Posted by garbonz

Look at ARPRV...high flow quiet squirrel cage fan...much more CFM than the computer jobs.

Thanks for the tip. I will switch to a centrifugal blower. Mainly for CFM/noise but also it looks like it will be more effective at blowing air directly through the vent outside.

[MacGumbo]

Originally Posted by fairpilot

Ok, i see where it makes sense now not to pull air down, so i am going with 80 cfm computer case fan blowing up, my fridge is Dometic and is not in the slide we have a rear kitchen fridge and it will not get below about 42-44 during day, hits about 35 after all night we will see if this helps Thanks you for all the suggestions

Just checking. How have you solved your problem and did it work?

[fairpilot]

Fridge is hit or miss. Seems to work much better on gas. Will cool down to 35-38 overnight but hard to get that during day. Freezer goes to -5 , it seems to do well. I usually go buy some dry ice and set in fridge, keeps it really cold about 3 days.

[rockfordroo]

Originally Posted by fairpilot

Fridge is hit or miss. Seems to work much better on gas. Will cool down to 35-38 overnight but hard to get that during day. Freezer goes to -5 , it seems to do well. I usually go buy some dry ice and set in fridge, keeps it really cold about 3 days.

Gas SHOULD do better. On a Dometic 2562, the gas burner puts out 1500 BTUs/hr, while the electric element is 325 watts, or 1108 BTUs/hr. So the gas puts out 35% more heat than the electric element. Efficiency is proportional to the highest and lowest temperature in the cycle.