New TT, New Fridge - Is the venting ok?
Just bought a Starcraft 18BH. It comes with a Norcold N306R. It is vented out the side of the trailer. Wife noticed the Countertop above the fridge gets quite warm so I opened up the vent to have ...
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pnichols wrote:
. . . less than ideal installation of their propane refrigerator by their RV's manufacturer.
beemerphile1 wrote:Ditto.
. . . add a baffle between the outside wall and cooling fins so air will be directed through the fins rather than around them.
Our frig checked out during a PDI with ambient temps in the low 80's. Tried using it a week or so later when temps rose into the mid-90's and the frig had trouble staying below 50.
Gave the frig installation manual a close read. It specified that the baffle on the backside of the frig should be less than an inch away from the coils. There was no baffle on our unit---just the outside wall, which left about 3" of space. Fabricated a baffle out of 1/4" plywood, mounted it about 1/2" away from the rear coils and completely filled the space between the outside wall and plywood with fiberglass. This mod dropped the frig temps from 50 into the low 40's---much better, but not quite good enough.
We then installed two computer fans which finally dropped our frig temps from the low 40's down into the 30's with ambient temps approaching 100 degrees.
The beer went from tasting good to great :)
