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Old 06-09-2021, 11:21 PM   #61
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I pulled my fridge. slid it out about 12 inches and was able to bend the sheet metal down so it sits on the top of the fridge. I then put some insulation around the top and sides. Heat can no longer get to the front of the fridge.
I am amazed they put the stack from the flame where they did. That heat was going straight to the inside walls of the coach. I am going to leave it run until the fans turn on so I can verify they both work.

I am still thinking about adding a fan bank like Rustynuts put it.
This is one of the reasons I mounted fans at the upper vent, to force the hot air out instead of just letting the heat work it’s way out of the upper vent. I just bolted the fans on aluminum flat stock and then bolted it to the wood baffle panel. I wired the fans together and through a thermal switch safety wired to the coils with power taken from the main 12v to the control board. Here are the fans and thermal switch I used…

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Old 06-10-2021, 06:46 AM   #62
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Yes they should both be running at the same time, it’s not uncommon for them to go bad. They are powered off the main board Nd controlled by a temperature sensor.
I pulled the fan and hooked 12 volts to it. It’s not running. Ordered a new one. I did find out they are controlled by a thermal switch mounted on the fins up top. I jumped the switch and the other fan runs. I would assume all the heat is tough on these fans.
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This is one of the reasons I mounted fans at the upper vent, to force the hot air out instead of just letting the heat work it’s way out of the upper vent. I just bolted the fans on aluminum flat stock and then bolted it to the wood baffle panel. I wired the fans together and through a thermal switch safety wired to the coils with power taken from the main 12v to the control board. Here are the fans and thermal switch I used…

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06ZYPDNV4...ing=UTF8&psc=1

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Didn't realize they had blue LEDs..... I bet that looks cool at night.
Question.... why did you put the thermal switch down on the line instead of up top on the fins?
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Didn't realize they had blue LEDs..... I bet that looks cool at night.
Question.... why did you put the thermal switch down on the line instead of up top on the fins?

You can get them many colors and I liked it because I could visually see they were running by looking up at the vent. My usual go to color is Orange but I figured people might think it was on fire I searched adding fans for quite a while and this is where most people were mounting the sensor for for minimal heat buildup in the upper cabinet.
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ordered, thanks for the info.
How did you tie them together, using the plug or did you just cut the plugs off and splice?
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ordered, thanks for the info.
How did you tie them together, using the plug or did you just cut the plugs off and splice?

I just plugged them together and tapes the joints to keep them from coming apart and then zip tied it and excess wire along the top of the fans.
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fridge fans done and working. Waiting to see if they turn off when the fridge is up to temp.
Next job to tackle is the cab attachment to the house.

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