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Living in the high desert of California it gets up to 115 at its hottest. and the fridge I have is only 4 yrs old in a 86 Bounder. The fridge stays at factory settings when the outside temp is below 90 degrees or so but the fridge can't keep up when the outside temp is hot. The freezer factory setting is 0 degrees and is Ok at about 20 degrees on a hot day but the fridge is factory set at 40 degrees and goes up to 55-60 degrees on a hot day. Is there anything that I can do to drop the temp?
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chuck7, if there's room behind the fridge when you open the access panel, you might try putting a small fan in a position so it can blow air upwards to help cool the coils, don't know if that will work or not, but worth a try. Also get one of those little battery powered circulating fans to set inside the refrigerator.
good luck Jim & SherrySeward 2000 Residency 3790 v10 w/tags & Banks System 2003 Suzuki XL7 |
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chuck7,make sure the flue is cleaned out also.
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chuck here is a LINK to some mods that were done to get the heat out from behind the refrige coils and out thru your top vent. Make sure the top vent is clean and no webs or wasp nests are blocking the vent you need a good air flow to remove the heat.
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Chuck7 -- I've been dealing with my Norcold which quit cooling a couple times, and finally found that if I heat-taped the "sloppy" openings where ignitor, wires, etc going into the burner stack, it's working just fine. It's a very quick and easy DIY and might solve your problem. Used that aluminized heat tape.
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007 - I've been following all the fridge posts, and am looking at your pics of the 12 v. fan installed at bottom of your fridge compartment. Looks great. I'm wondering how you ran the power wire. From battery post or did you cut into supply line inside compartment? Use a fuse? Even though my top fans cycle in hot weather, I'm just trying to figure out how to ventilate more. Thanks
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"Newmar Owners Forum Moderator" |
Jim, GaryKD is the one that added the fan in his lower vent for his Dometic refrige they do not have them. The same can be done for your Norcold ,any type, for added air flow thru coil chamber. I believe he got fan at Radio Shack plus the temp thermister you can see mounted to it. The 12v is on a block for your refrige on bottom of vent opening. May need fuse and a switch as to not run down batteries when not needed.
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I believe you will get better help if you will give the Make and Model number of your frig.
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007 is correct. I got 12V from a 12V incoming line (incoming to the fridge) and ground to the fridge frame. There are two fans in the lower part of the compartment. The one to the right is difficult to see.
The bottom line is that when the weather gets hot the fans help the fridge quite a bit. The change was so big that I believe, when it is hot out and within reason, one can not have too many fans to get the heat away from the coil. Gary 2005 KSDP 3910 Wheelbase 252" Cummins ISC 330 HP, 950 FT LBS Torque Tow With Tow Bar & Dolly (not at the same time) Coach & Towed Combined Weight Is 34K lbs. NKK 17178 Life Member FMCA F368169 GS 000612638 Life Member Passport America Life Member KOA Gold Camper Member The States Visited Map Is Our Second Time Around |
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Thanks 007 and GaryKD! So I can splice into the incoming, no problem, and ground to the frame, but did you use a thermal switch for use only during hot weather? And a fuse, say 5 amp? Hope I'm not bugging you guys, but I really want to hear your experiences before DIY fix. I'm also considering a small PV panel w/ muffin fan to limit use (and battery pull) to only hot sunny weather.
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