Increasing Airflow through Condenser.
The new DC only compressor fridge I will soon have in my possession has a 92 mm computer muffin fan pulling air through only a portion(~85%) of the ~120mm tall condenser. It then blows this warmed a...
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The Fridge cabinet's openings are currently under the fridge and either out the louvered vent behind it, or into the adjacent cabinet. There is no line of sight to the fan/ cooling unit from in front of the fridge.
The whooshing noise is almost pleasant in comparison to the whirring of the previous fan.
The Duty cycle has remained improved in today's increasing ambient temperatures, and I am still mystified as to why exactly.
My stopwatch is at my side with my IR gun and I await the click indicating the end of a cycle. Then take temp readings inside and around the fridge.
I was hoping for no performance decrease with a slower fan, but mounting it to push air instead of pull it has increased performance, while reducing noise and with a lower amp draw to boot, and I keep thinking that there is something I am overlooking, but come up short. The volume of interior goodies has not changed more than 15%, ambient and interior temps are consistent to all my other recordings.
The only other factor which has changed since my last duty cycle recordings is the tunnel which I covered the cooling unit with has soft insulation surrounding the fan, so all the fan's air has to exit the other side by the controller. This tunnel was there before but with a small gap on the sides of the condenser where air could in theory be looping quickly back around to the condenser.
The whooshing noise is almost pleasant in comparison to the whirring of the previous fan.
The Duty cycle has remained improved in today's increasing ambient temperatures, and I am still mystified as to why exactly.
My stopwatch is at my side with my IR gun and I await the click indicating the end of a cycle. Then take temp readings inside and around the fridge.
I was hoping for no performance decrease with a slower fan, but mounting it to push air instead of pull it has increased performance, while reducing noise and with a lower amp draw to boot, and I keep thinking that there is something I am overlooking, but come up short. The volume of interior goodies has not changed more than 15%, ambient and interior temps are consistent to all my other recordings.
The only other factor which has changed since my last duty cycle recordings is the tunnel which I covered the cooling unit with has soft insulation surrounding the fan, so all the fan's air has to exit the other side by the controller. This tunnel was there before but with a small gap on the sides of the condenser where air could in theory be looping quickly back around to the condenser.
