fj12ryder wrote:
dougrainer wrote:
fj12ryder wrote:
I've put screens on my refrigerator access panel with no ill effects. I have two fans instead of one pulling air across the coils so that may help, and I don't use it during the hottest days of the year so that may help too.
You confuse "ill effects" with operational efficiency. There will be no damage to the refer with screens, but it WILL affect how well it cools and how FAST it returns to set cold after door openings. Doug
You confuse "operational efficiency" with the OP's original question: "If I do put in screen material will it block off to much air and prevent enough air circulation for proper cooling?" :) And I've noticed no lack of cooling or lengthening of cool down time. But perhaps you have to use a stopwatch? :)
You stated you added 2 fans. I am a PROFESSIONAL RV technician. What I posted is dead on(37 years of working on RV refers). I don't need a stopwatch. I work in DFW Texas, one of the hottest areas of the USA in summer. I remove those screens all the time when customers come in in 90 plus heat and cannot seem to get their refers to get cold enough or stay cold enough. The screens sold by aftermarket suppliers also have another design flaw I just found last summer. The metal edge of the screens sticks out about 1/8 inch. THAT 1/8 inch will allow rainwater running down the side to funnel into the access door and flood the back area of the refer and then run inside the RV. Especially worse if the refer is in a slide room and has 2 such access doors. As to a stop watch. I run performance tests with the screens on place, with temp measurements of water(24 hours). I then remove the screens and redo to test. The temps usually drop 3 to 6 degrees in the test water. So, NO, I don't need a stopwatch, just common sense tests. Doug
