Residential Fridge Ventilation
When I had the Samsung installed I was shown how the ventilation draws air from under the fridge and than redirected with a baffle plate in the rear so the air than exits under the fridge back into th...
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RDG wrote:
Does anyone here vent their HOME residential fridge to the out side? I doubt anyone here does, so why the big issue with the residential fridge in the motorhome? I changed over to a residential unit and have never felt any amount of heat coming from under the unit or off the top.
Bob
Just because you don't feel the additional heat doesn't mean that it isn't there.
The issue here is one of design. Residential compressor type refrigerators are designed to sit in a house where the kitchen/dining/family room is often larger than the total square/cubic footage of most motor homes so that the additional heat they add to a residential environment is much less noticeable. In the tight quarters of a motor home on hot days, additional heat can very well be an issue. On cold days, its an additional heat source and of benefit. Absorbtion type refrigerators also have oxygen depletion and carbon monoxide/dioxide production issues so they generally require an exterior supply/exhaust vent for occupant safety.
Chum lee
