Lance versus Arctic Fox, fridge in wall slide?

We had a 2008 Lance 1181 with the fridge in the slide the fan ran most of the time but in 4 yrs we never had an issue with it. Myself I kind of like the 1140 AF with the bigger fridge I think its on the drivers side though not in the slide like the 1150.

IF RV Fridge is installed in a slide out......2 things
1) Properly installed as per Fridge MFG Installation requirements....clearances
2) External FAN(s) (and baffles if needed) to enhance the airflow

If both are adhered to then no reason fridge can not cool as per design specs

Old-Biscuit wrote:
IF RV Fridge is installed in a slide out......2 things
1) Properly installed as per Fridge MFG Installation requirements....clearances
2) External FAN(s) (and baffles if needed) to enhance the airflow

If both are adhered to then no reason fridge can not cool as per design specs

Thanks. Are these fans installed from factory, or are these the add-ons I'll need to install?

pcoplin wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
IF RV Fridge is installed in a slide out......2 things
1) Properly installed as per Fridge MFG Installation requirements....clearances
2) External FAN(s) (and baffles if needed) to enhance the airflow

If both are adhered to then no reason fridge can not cool as per design specs

Thanks. Are these fans installed from factory, or are these the add-ons I'll need to install?

RV MFG has to 'option' the external fan(s)....Fridge Mfg doesn't know what RV MFG is going to install them in
In a Slide...Fan(s) needed

What brand/model is fridge?

There's a ton of them on the road. We've had 2 different ones, older. Never an issue. It's not a problem.

As mentioned above the fridge will have a helper fan. We upgraded ours to 2 fans that are much quieter. It can also be helpful to cover the lower vents in the top vent to force air over the coils better.

Here is a couple pictures of how our top vent was modified. I'm not sure if this was done by Dometic or Host.





Here is the stock fan which despite its diminutive size is quite noisy.



Here are the two fans that replaced it.



The fridge cooled fine with the stock fan but after replacing the single fan with two larger fans we found that we had to turn the temperature setting down on the fridge as we were starting to freeze things in the fridge.

We had the larger fridge in the slide of our AF 811
No issues with fridge but it sure opened up the living area.

We also added two fans to replace the original factory single fan , the original was pretty loud !

Our AF990 refrigerator would have to be turned up to 8 - 9 to keep things cool because of the side vent design. So I did some research and discovered the ARPrv controller with 2 fans, we run the refrigerator on setting 6 now and the ice cream is hard and the beer frosty cold. Great mod to a side vent refrigerator.

A note about full wall slides - they are heavy and tend to tilt the truck when extended. The tilt places extra strain on the camper frame.

That same full wall slide weight is retracted on the inside of the camper when going down the road (think bumps, railroad crossings, bridge overpasses).
It's just like driving with the slide out, only not as dangerous.

I would expect to see a slight crack at the lower front corner of the frame opening after a few years of travel.

Full wall slides are made to sell "big spacious" campers. I don't think the proper engineering is in them yet.