Refrigerator fan and temp

352 wrote:

pbitschura wrote:
Go to a computer repair shop and see if they don't have computer fans from their tower units. They run less than .3 amps and are twelve volt. They can be wired to to the hot in your refrigerator compartment. Mine is controlled with a rocker switch I mounted above the fridge.

Thanks Pete. When are you coming down?

Sadly, no time soon. We did a two week road trip out west this past spring in celebration of DW completing her degree. Now it's going to take some catch up time. The economy is not our friend these days. Our best. Pete

Seattle Lion wrote:
Where is there a hot in the dometic? We have the 12.5 cu ft model.

Open your access panel(outside?. There will be wires connected to terminals which should have labels. In our case J1-8. J5 is the dc hot. We split the connector and ran a wire through a rocker switch above the frig then up to the fan and mounted inside under the roof vent. The ground can be anywhere. The fan then draws exhaust air up and out. This convection loop then draws cooler air into the space from below. It will take a tester to find the dc terminal in your case.

Where is there a hot in the dometic? We have the 12.5 cu ft model.

pbitschura wrote:
Go to a computer repair shop and see if they don't have computer fans from their tower units. They run less than .3 amps and are twelve volt. They can be wired to to the hot in your refrigerator compartment. Mine is controlled with a rocker switch I mounted above the fridge.

Thanks Pete. When are you coming down?

pbitschura wrote:
Go to a computer repair shop and see if they don't have computer fans from their tower units. They run less than .3 amps and are twelve volt. They can be wired to to the hot in your refrigerator compartment. Mine is controlled with a rocker switch I mounted above the fridge.

Thanks Pete. When are you coming down?

Go to a computer repair shop and see if they don't have computer fans from their tower units. They run less than .3 amps and are twelve volt. They can be wired to to the hot in your refrigerator compartment. Mine is controlled with a rocker switch I mounted above the fridge.

I find it interesting the different needs of different type of camping. One thing you never see in the Great North West is a refrigerator fan. We never have trouble keeping things cold up here. But in Florida I can see where it would be a must have. When I traveled to Florida a couple of years ago I was surprised. Living in the North West I am no stranger to rain. But I have never seen it rain inside the 5ver. When I would turn on the air in the 5ver it was so humid and hot that it actually rained inside the rig. I had to put towels down to catch the water raining off the vents. What a strange climate for us cold weather guys. So with that said I could see where a fan in the refer is a must have. :-)

I bought two of those units, and JB Welded them together. That works even better. No frost on the fins, there was with the single unit.

I recognize the 'penguin'......it's RV Cooling Unit LINK

Just ordered one on EBay for $13.50 m. Thanks for the great idea.