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TraciK's avatar
TraciK
Explorer
Sep 19, 2013

refrigerator question....

So, yesterday we plugged the camper up at home to see if the refrig worked. Left it on for 3 hours. It does work! Anyway when I plugged it up and the fan came on outside, 3 hours later when I went back to check on it the fan was still running. So, last night dh plugged up the camper working on the water pump and the refrig was turned off and the fan ran the whole time we had the camper plugged up. The only way it cut off is if he shut the main breaker off.

So, how can the fan run with the dang thing turned off? I thought maybe the knob was off but no matter what I changed it to it wouldn't turn off.

What's going on? Thanks!
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  • Reddog1's avatar
    Reddog1
    Explorer II
    Sep 19, 2013
    As several have stated, I too think it is a cooling fan that has been added.

    It would help others help you, if you would post the Make and Model of the fridge, and in this situation a photo of the fan.

    You will have other questions on different parts of your TC in the future, and Make and Model of the of the appliance and/or photos really help others help you. I bet you could post a photo of a screw, and someone on this Forum could give you all of the information on it.

    Wayne
  • Butch50's avatar
    Butch50
    Explorer
    Sep 19, 2013
    Along with what has already been said somebody just ran the fan to the AC in the back of the fridge and never put an on/off switch in the circuit. Take the cover off the outside of the fridge and look for the AC plug and see if it is plugged in there. Try unplugging the fridge at this location with it plugged into AC and see if the fan is still on.

    Also are you sure it is a fan in the fridge and not a fan in the converter. The converter has a fan and it only runs when it is plugged into AC and the converter gets warm.
  • camperpaul's avatar
    camperpaul
    Explorer
    Sep 19, 2013
    If it is like mine:

    1. The fan is not part of the refrigerator (its an add-on).

    2. The fan runs on AC power and is wired to run continuously.

    You may want to add a thermostat to control the fan.
  • Super_Dave's avatar
    Super_Dave
    Explorer
    Sep 19, 2013
    The only fan I'm aware of are the ones we've all added ourselves to help exhaust heat from the back of the refrig chase. Have you seen this fan? I'm thinking it was an add on by the last owner and has a different power source. I added such a fan to my unit and it is powered and switched independent from the refrigerator power.
  • bikerdib's avatar
    bikerdib
    Explorer
    Sep 19, 2013
    You sure you had it on 110 and not 12V? Assuming of course it is a 3 way.

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