Another Frig Fan Question
I want to put a frig fan in my vent stack on the roof of my trailer. I have a 10 volt solar panel mounted on the roof next to the vent. I will use the solar panel to power the fan, it obviously will r...
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Fans are installed in outside compartment to increase air flow on hot days.
As outside temps warm up the air can not absorb as much heat from fridge cooling coils......the fans increase the amount of air flowing across coils in order to increase the heat transfer.
Vice Versa...they shut down when temps drop because they are not needed and increasing cool air flow can result in lower temps..temps low enough to cause food section to over cool enough to freeze items .
Going to the trouble of installing the fans (which really aren't necessary with a roof top vented fridge......natural draft vs sided vented fridge in a slide-out-----stalled draft) might as well install a snap-disc t-stat.......ON at 100*F and OFF at 80*F
Here is one from another post........LINK
As outside temps warm up the air can not absorb as much heat from fridge cooling coils......the fans increase the amount of air flowing across coils in order to increase the heat transfer.
Vice Versa...they shut down when temps drop because they are not needed and increasing cool air flow can result in lower temps..temps low enough to cause food section to over cool enough to freeze items .
Going to the trouble of installing the fans (which really aren't necessary with a roof top vented fridge......natural draft vs sided vented fridge in a slide-out-----stalled draft) might as well install a snap-disc t-stat.......ON at 100*F and OFF at 80*F
Here is one from another post........LINK
