How do I make the refrigerator colder?
I live in Vegas and need some help to make my fridge out here a little colder. The plastic slide in the fridge is up all the way. What else can I do?
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Are you running on gas? The input on gas is around 2,200 Btu's - so that if 20% goes up the flue, then about 1,800 Btu's is left to heat the boiler. While the electric heat element will only put out around 800 - 900 Btu's depending on the model, and the voltage input.
Shade the side of the RV that the refrigerator is on, preferably on the north side of the RV.
Keep the inside of the RV cooler. Don't know what temp it is inside, but it helps to keep it cooler inside, so that the delta T between inside and refrigerator temp is low as possible.
Try a fan on the outside, behind the cover. A small 12 volt computer fan will work well, about 4" diameter, will move around 50 CFM to 100CFM. This will bring more air in to blow across the warm coils.
Camping World used to sell a small inside refrigerator fan, it ran on 1 D battery. It would work about 30 days per D cell. You only need it in the middle of summer.
Also don't try to add warm food to the refrigerator. Try to only add cooler foods to the refrigerator.
Good luck!
Fred.
Shade the side of the RV that the refrigerator is on, preferably on the north side of the RV.
Keep the inside of the RV cooler. Don't know what temp it is inside, but it helps to keep it cooler inside, so that the delta T between inside and refrigerator temp is low as possible.
Try a fan on the outside, behind the cover. A small 12 volt computer fan will work well, about 4" diameter, will move around 50 CFM to 100CFM. This will bring more air in to blow across the warm coils.
Camping World used to sell a small inside refrigerator fan, it ran on 1 D battery. It would work about 30 days per D cell. You only need it in the middle of summer.
Also don't try to add warm food to the refrigerator. Try to only add cooler foods to the refrigerator.
Good luck!
Fred.
