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path1
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Apr 13, 2016

Fridge/freezer Good Idea or not about vent access door?

I defrosted our fridge/freezer yesterday. It is a Norcold 821. The drain tube that goes from inside to out side was plugged up. From the outside the vent was plugged up with the neighbors tree debris. Little tiny seed pods that get into everything, just not the fridge/freezer compartment in RV but about everything we have at our house. Gutters, sliding glass door tracks etc. Neighbors trees and neighbor as been a pain for many years. But not much I can do about it.

I'm thinking about putting screen material in the vent door so those tiny seed pods don't get into the fridge/freezer compartment. If I do put in screen material will it block off to much air and prevent enough air circulation for proper cooling?

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  • path1 wrote:
    westend wrote:
    Move, or shoot neighbor and cut down trees while waiting for body to be discovered.
    Yes, screen will help but the screen will eventually clog, also.

    Curious: What type of tree is this that drops seeds so fine and aerodynamic that they fly into your vent openings?


    I was thinking I could blow off screen every now and then.

    Weeping birch. Little tiny helicopter seed things by the millions that get everywhere.
    What fun it that ? :)

    I have White Birch and they get into everything, especially car window weather stripping.
  • MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
    Copper nails work great. Fixes the problem in 1-2 months. Wear black with gloves and a ski mask...

    We have tons of Mango pollen down here. Rub minrral oil across the screen and it'll trap twice or three times the amount of debris. Wash with dishwashing liquid.

    The again you can always plant HOPS on your side of the fence. Miserable little plant that shortly will be on his side exploding with growth. Almost impossible to kill. It'll eat his shrubs chaff his children and molest anyone that goes near it.


    Life expectancy is 40-60 years by most tree experts. I keep hoping they'll die soon. They were planted in 1947 by first owners. Makes the trees over 60 years old. Over the years we have had a lots of damage by those trees. One side of my roof hasn't seen daylight in 10 years. Of course the current owner is going to make his million with his latest law suite and then will sell. Atleast that's what he tells my wife. Myself and him haven't talked since I offered to pay to have them cut down and was I willing to pay for it. Got 3 estimates and tree cutters moved all their equipment to his place and then he backed out. "My trees are to valuable, how much to replace a 60 foot tree, It's not replaceable"? I still paid to $200.00 for tree guys to move their equipment. We haven't talked since.
  • I was thinking I could blow off screen every now and then.

    Weeping birch. Little tiny helicopter seed things by the millions that get everywhere.
    Thanks for the ID on the tree. We have many trees in this area that can be noxious, primarily Cottonwood because of the floating "cotton". I've made many $$$$ by replacing or cleaning household screens because of this tree, lol.

    Your maintenance idea about cleaning the screen is a good one. I do know that some of those fridge drains are located with exit down through the floor panel and that might prove to be a good location to keep it from clogging.
  • westend wrote:
    Move, or shoot neighbor and cut down trees while waiting for body to be discovered.
    Yes, screen will help but the screen will eventually clog, also.

    Curious: What type of tree is this that drops seeds so fine and aerodynamic that they fly into your vent openings?


    I was thinking I could blow off screen every now and then.

    Weeping birch. Little tiny helicopter seed things by the millions that get everywhere.
  • Copper nails work great. Fixes the problem in 1-2 months. Wear black with gloves and a ski mask...

    We have tons of Mango pollen down here. Rub minrral oil across the screen and it'll trap twice or three times the amount of debris. Wash with dishwashing liquid.

    The again you can always plant HOPS on your side of the fence. Miserable little plant that shortly will be on his side exploding with growth. Almost impossible to kill. It'll eat his shrubs chaff his children and molest anyone that goes near it.
  • Move, or shoot neighbor and cut down trees while waiting for body to be discovered.
    Yes, screen will help but the screen will eventually clog, also.

    Curious: What type of tree is this that drops seeds so fine and aerodynamic that they fly into your vent openings?