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[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Today while de-constructing  my old PC tower to go to the recycle place, I came across the 12v fans inside one large and a nice 3" or so small one.

The smaller one only draws 0.25a's.

The question, has anyone tried to use one of these in the 3 way fridge to circulate the air?

 

What are some ideas.

Frank

[MarkBC]

Today while de-constructing  my old PC tower to go to the recycle place, I came across the 12v fans inside one large and a nice 3" or so small one.

The smaller one only draws 0.25a's.

The question, has anyone tried to use one of these in the 3 way fridge to circulate the air?

 

What are some ideas.

Frank

 

Seems like a good idea.  Seems like circulating air would be a good thing, make the temperature more uniform.

I actually bought a large (120 mm) computer fan for this very purpose...but I never followed through on it.

I don't want to drill a hole through the wall of the fridge, but wires would be thin enough that the door gasket could seal around them, I think.

Do it, Frank!

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Seems like a good idea.  Seems like circulating air would be a good thing, make the temperature more uniform.

I actually bought a large (120 mm) computer fan for this very purpose...but I never followed through on it.

I don't want to drill a hole through the wall of the fridge, but wires would be thin enough that the door gasket could seal around them, I think.

Do it, Frank!

Thanks Mark. Make me the guinea pig.

I think the wires would be no problem through the gasket. The fan wires are very thin.

I don't want to drill any holes either.

How would you wire it? Maybe over to the fuse panel and place a toggle switch on it?

Any thoughts.

Frank

[MarkBC]

...How would you wire it? Maybe over to the fuse panel and place a toggle switch on it?

Any thoughts.

Frank

 

I know that my camper fuse panel has at least a couple of unused circuits, so yeah... and a toggle switch sounds like a good idea.  I'm not qualified to give wiring advice beyond that general suggestion, though...

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

This is the fan I removed from an old computer.

How about some ideas on using this in the fridge .

Some wiring ideas also.

It's a small fan about less than 3"

Thanks Frank

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[DrJ]

I think they do make some battery powered fans to put in there.

 

Here's a guy who drilled a hole in his fridge to install a fan just like that.

 

 

I'm not quite that brave to drill into my new compressor fridge for a fan.

I might try a battery fan though to see if that helps.

[MarkBC]

One aspect that I was wondering about is where in the fridge -- top or bottom -- should the fan be placed and, related to "where", what direction should it be blowing?

Probably anywhere and any direction would help with temperature uniformity...but I bet there's an optimum location.

Maybe attach to the underside of a shelf?  If near the top of the fridge, then pointing down?

I guess "Where" will depend on the design of the fridge -- location of freezer.

[craig333]

I think I'd try DrJ's fan first. So far I haven't seen a need for one in my fridge.

[billharr]

I always used a battery fan in my 3 way fridge. Made a big difference and kept the temp even.  Have not needed on my DC compressor fridge. 

[MarkBC]

I always used a battery fan in my 3 way fridge. Made a big difference and kept the temp even.  Have not needed on my DC compressor fridge. 

 

Any idea why the difference in temperature-uniformity (between the 3-way and the DC), Bill?