fridge fan

[yeabuddy]

Can anyone recommend a battery powered fridge fan for air circulation? I'm not sure about the Valterra or the Camco ones

[fj12ryder]

"satchelpaigefan" and "fifthwheeltraveler" seem to be very recent members and have only posted about the FridgeFix. I believe they may have connections to that company. The device looks like good hardware, a bit high in price but nicely done.

Just a heads-up.

[satchelpaigefan]

We tried the inexpensive fans from ebay, but after two failed in six months, it was back to square one. The battery fans didnt move the air enough to even notice, so we threw ours out after 2 months.

A friend of ours who fulltime's with us showed us his fridge-fix, and he swore by it. We were tire of defrosting, so we ordered one as a last ditch effort.

We have not defrosted, not even once since installing more than 6 months ago! We even got rid of the cooler we used to carry to keep the food in.

We like to spread the word when we find something that makes living in an RV easier, and this definitely meets that criteria.

[slarsen]

I have a battery powered one. Got it because the temps in the refrigerator could be alarmingly warm. It makes the temps much more consistent, and generally colder. Moved the temp setting one position toward warmer so as not to freeze things, where previously I was often seeing temps in the mid-40's.

Instructions said the batteries would last a month. I doubted that, but in fact, they last longer than that.

[webslave]

dakonthemountain wrote:

daveshan wrote:
Got one of THESE for both the coach and TC, work great. The RV has a little more sophisticated frige so it was easy to hook up the fan to start when the frig is turned on. The truck camper was a little more challenging, had to run the hot lead down the condensate drain to find power, it turns on by clipping it to the fins when I fire up the frig.

No relationship with the seller other than being a happy customer.

I just installed the same one from eBay. I'm really happy with it! A VERY low (.12a) draw on the battery; like an LED light bulb..

Dak

Been using one for a few years now. No batteries, no space lost (best feature) and, comparing it to the Camco that I had before, it works a lot better. If the fridge is on and it is clamped to the fins it works. Unclamp it from the fins and it turns off (breaks the ground path) or turn off the 12v to the fridge and it turns off.

[dakonthemountai]

daveshan wrote:
Got one of THESE for both the coach and TC, work great. The RV has a little more sophisticated frige so it was easy to hook up the fan to start when the frig is turned on. The truck camper was a little more challenging, had to run the hot lead down the condensate drain to find power, it turns on by clipping it to the fins when I fire up the frig.

No relationship with the seller other than being a happy customer.

I just installed the same one from eBay. I'm really happy with it! A VERY low (.12a) draw on the battery; like an LED light bulb..

Dak

[mlts22]

I use the Valterra one with two C batteries. Worked for at least a month until I pulled the batteries in it to get things into storage. It did help refrigerator performance, so well worth it.

[2012Coleman]

Just be careful - these fans can work too well. We had our fridge set on the highest cool setting and had one of these types of fans running - was a small blue one from camping world. Ended up almost freezing some veggies. No cucumbers for my salad - was not happy.

[fj12ryder]

daveshan wrote:
Got one of THESE for both the coach and TC, work great. The RV has a little more sophisticated frige so it was easy to hook up the fan to start when the frig is turned on. The truck camper was a little more challenging, had to run the hot lead down the condensate drain to find power, it turns on by clipping it to the fins when I fire up the frig.

No relationship with the seller other than being a happy customer.

I like the looks of that set-up although the amount of air movement seems to be a bit of overkill. I like that it hooks directly on the fins. Thanks.

[daveshan]

Got one of THESE for both the coach and TC, work great. The RV has a little more sophisticated frige so it was easy to hook up the fan to start when the frig is turned on. The truck camper was a little more challenging, had to run the hot lead down the condensate drain to find power, it turns on by clipping it to the fins when I fire up the frig.

No relationship with the seller other than being a happy customer.

[WyoTraveler]

I like the one with the charcol pack . You can buy more charcol packs. Seems to keep the odors down.

[go_wild]

We have the Camco one. It works ok, seems to help with keeping things cold. However, there's no on/off switch on it. So the only way to shut it off after a weekend of camping is to pull the back off so it breaks the battery circuit. So this thing is now sitting on top of the fridge until the next trip in 3 pieces: the front, the back, and the charcoal pack. Poor design if you ask me.

[Halmfamily]

We too have the Valterra and it works as advertised. Bought it last year and still using the same batteries. It does help cool the fridge down quicker. Travel on.

[Dennis_M_M]

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[fj12ryder]

Dunno about the Camco one but we have the Valterra and it works like it says it does. Circulates the air in the fridge, and the batteries last a long time.