Anyone use a small fan in their fridge to help stabilize the temperatures.
I have seen a battery powered one. Any comment on their effectiveness.

Subject: Refrigerator Fan
From: "Rick & Linda Bernard"

Anyone use a small fan in their fridge to help stabilize the temperatures.

Yes.

I have seen a battery powered one. Any comment on their effectiveness.

They work. But I would use a 12v hard wired one.

Capt. Bill

Subject: Refrigerator Fan
From: "Rick & Linda Bernard"

Anyone use a small fan in their fridge to help stabilize the temperatures.

Yes.

I have seen a battery powered one. Any comment on their effectiveness.

They work. But I would use a 12v hard wired one.

Capt. Bill

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 18:27:11 -0600, "Rick & Linda Bernard"
wrote:

Anyone use a small fan in their fridge to help stabilize the temperatures.
I have seen a battery powered one. Any comment on their effectiveness.

Yes, they really work well. Our built in tended to be colder waaay
down there and warmer in the top far end (of course!). After the fan,
the temps were the same everywhere and less cycling. Also a longer
time between defrosting.

Here's what I used. Get a computer CPU fan. Take the actual fan off. I
left the connector on it and wired in the mating connector from an
extension. It's wired directly, thru a fuse, to the house bank. Those
fans draw around .06 to .1 Amps, so a max of 2.4 Amp Hours per day.
Use a small L-bracket to mount or even a twist-tie to hang it from
something.

Rick


S/V Final Step
http://www.morelr.com/coronado/

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 18:27:11 -0600, "Rick & Linda Bernard"
wrote:

Anyone use a small fan in their fridge to help stabilize the temperatures.
I have seen a battery powered one. Any comment on their effectiveness.

Yes, they really work well. Our built in tended to be colder waaay
down there and warmer in the top far end (of course!). After the fan,
the temps were the same everywhere and less cycling. Also a longer
time between defrosting.

Here's what I used. Get a computer CPU fan. Take the actual fan off. I
left the connector on it and wired in the mating connector from an
extension. It's wired directly, thru a fuse, to the house bank. Those
fans draw around .06 to .1 Amps, so a max of 2.4 Amp Hours per day.
Use a small L-bracket to mount or even a twist-tie to hang it from
something.

Rick


S/V Final Step
http://www.morelr.com/coronado/

"Rick & Linda Bernard" wrote in message ...
Anyone use a small fan in their fridge to help stabilize the temperatures.
I have seen a battery powered one. Any comment on their effectiveness.

Installation of a small fan to tumble the air around the inside of the
refrigerator box can greatly improve the efficiency of your
refrigerator, for details on fan and installation; see FAQ #30 on my
web site.
http://www.kollmann-marine.com

"Rick & Linda Bernard" wrote in message ...
Anyone use a small fan in their fridge to help stabilize the temperatures.
I have seen a battery powered one. Any comment on their effectiveness.

Installation of a small fan to tumble the air around the inside of the
refrigerator box can greatly improve the efficiency of your
refrigerator, for details on fan and installation; see FAQ #30 on my
web site.
http://www.kollmann-marine.com

On 21 Feb 2004 06:28:15 -0800, (Richard
Kollmann) wrote:

"Rick & Linda Bernard" wrote in message ...
Anyone use a small fan in their fridge to help stabilize the temperatures.
I have seen a battery powered one. Any comment on their effectiveness.

Installation of a small fan to tumble the air around the inside of the
refrigerator box can greatly improve the efficiency of your
refrigerator, for details on fan and installation; see FAQ #30 on my
web site.
http://www.kollmann-marine.com

I have been thinking about doing that but have been putting it off due
to concerns about drilling a hole through the foam insulation to get
the wires in. Any words of wisdom on an easy way to do it?

On 21 Feb 2004 06:28:15 -0800, (Richard
Kollmann) wrote:

"Rick & Linda Bernard" wrote in message ...
Anyone use a small fan in their fridge to help stabilize the temperatures.
I have seen a battery powered one. Any comment on their effectiveness.

Installation of a small fan to tumble the air around the inside of the
refrigerator box can greatly improve the efficiency of your
refrigerator, for details on fan and installation; see FAQ #30 on my
web site.
http://www.kollmann-marine.com

I have been thinking about doing that but have been putting it off due
to concerns about drilling a hole through the foam insulation to get
the wires in. Any words of wisdom on an easy way to do it?

"Rick & Linda Bernard" wrote in message ...
Anyone use a small fan in their fridge to help stabilize the temperatures.
I have seen a battery powered one. Any comment on their effectiveness.

I have a small fan that lasts a month (continuous duty) on one D-cell
battery. I bought it for $12 from an on-line store that caters to the
RV crowd. I can't recall the name of the store. This is so cheap and
easy that you could try it and, if you don't like the battery option,
at least you would know how it worked before going through the effort
to wire it. For us, the battery power was not an issue and the
results were well worth the cost.

Dave