RV Auxiliary Refrigerator Fan Installation
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- Trailer Life and MotorHome magazines' Bill Gehr and Bob Livingston show you how to install an auxilliary fan in an RV refrigerator. Helps circulate the air and keep the refrigerator colder.
I’m an electronics engineer and a lifetime DIYer. THIS is why I still DIY at 70 years old. Most of these people don’t know what they are doing. Those extra wires should have been capped, and the light could have been preserved. In all fairness, these guys wanna make a buck, so don’t have time to screw around. Still…
Too bad the up/down votes are based on how nice the people are rather than technical accuracy.
Couldn't believe what I was watching.
I'm looking to do this myself. Do I just splice in to the existing wires if I want to preserve the light?
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Hack, hack, hack. Excuse me!
They chose this particular RV refrigerator because the ON / OFF switch was built into the light. Made it easy for them. (Don't blame them for this) However it is a little misleading for the novice DIYer. The power was always available to this light, all the owner had to do was to replace the bulb to make it work. The light switch / housing mechanism is dead simple and will last almost forever. Odds are it was a bad bulb.
If you chose to do this diy , make sure that you tap into constant ON power, not the switched light when the door is open or the fans will only run when the door is open. (Bad idea)
I tapped into always on power (hot) and used a photoelectric switch that turns on when the light is out and the door is closed, the light still works as intended. Runs only when the door is closed, this is a fantastic mod for the fridge although I did not use the above fan unit. I used a super quiet 12V computer fan.
Springer Pop is right in all his comments, this could have been done much cleaner with professional attention to details.
Nice to See you Springer POP, I recognize you from wood web forums. Good Man.
Renrondog in
Sounds like Red from the Red Green show. His workmanship is about the same.
I installed this fan and it works great.
It is slim and professional looking.
It was around $100 but looks neater than some of the hack jobs.
Be aware even though the Velcro is 2 pieces, if you separate them, they will not stick together after that.
I contacted the mfg. They sent replacement Velcro pads at no cost.
I did not try to separate them after that.
This fan works as described.
The two wires you didn't use, and just tucked up into the cavity, should have been terminated with at least something that insulates, like electrical tape.
Also, a nice touch would have been to close that opening off with some metallic refrigeration tape.
Beware, be sure, that the power wire is actually live all the time! Most frig lights work on a switch that is ON when door is OPEN and OFF when door is closed. I have a frig that is live to the SWITCH only, so when door is closed no power to the light wires!
That's exactly what I was thinking also.
The switch usually grounds the light when door open and breaks ground when closed to make the light go on and off. Hence why there is a fin clip to ground the fans to the cooling fins.
I would have preferred to fix and keep the light too.
Na, reds work is better, he would have at least duct tape the hole from the light 🤣
It is amazing that Norcold models still do not come with fans? And they advertise packing the top shelf with cans as a comparison to other manufacturer.
Buy a fan kit with LED lights, especially if your refer light isn't working anyway. Then you get the benefit of the fan plus the light.
Not cold blue lights but nice bright white ones that will assist you when in the refer.
Search out the wire that has power when the door is closed. You didn't do that. Also the fan you are using is so thick it takes up too much space. There are products as thin as 1/2" that will do the job well and preserve your space.
Sure did a hack job. Never leave any cut wire end uncapped or at least taped of shrink wrap. Never cut off unused wire, you never know, you may want to reinstall the original light and replace the bulb, lol. I would have gotten a fan that fits with the original light, heck 2 compter fans, tucked unused wire after it was taped away!
suck it noob
When the door is shut I assume the light goes out, if so how does the fan get power ?
You are powering the fan off the light. The light turns off when the fridge is closed. How does that help anything?
Can I get a link for that fridge fic please. I cant find it anywhere.
1:35 "I don't think that it's very hard to install so Bill go for it." LOL What the other comments said plus, from an old refrigeration mechanic. If you take a knife tip and pull the pin out of the rivits, they will easily pop out and be reusable.
Isn’t the light supposed to turn off when you shut the door? That would mean the fans only work when the door is open.
I would imagine the air is being pulled out of the refrigerator cooling fins through the rear holes of the unit by the two fans and then blown downward. This makes more sense to me because if it's the other way around the cooling fin drain tray would totally block airflow downward. Am I right?
It seems they never show an install with these fan kits on an Oracle it's always on the domestic which is the easier one to find a power wire that is hot all the time......
I gave it a thumbs down for the simple reason that there is no reason to watch the video if you do not add a link to be able to buy the product so that way one could follow along. Pointless!!
Hack, hack, hack! Excuse me! 😂
Get you a gutter down spout a few fans and bam! Money saved
So you're just going to leave that big hole where the light was? Not very smart!
Lightly drill our the light rivets if you need to. Pounding them out is asking for problems. Its not a block of steel, its a plastic refrigerator lining. Somewhat fragile so treat it that way or you'll be sorry.
it a wonder why nobody add Led Light Strip in the Fridge yet the kind model uses lighting the awning or multicolored that Back of the TV little rewiring
So...if you overfill the frig and put a bunch of food, say carton of eggs, butter, or other containers, the fans still are partially blocked anyway. I have seen some frig's so packed that air movement would be nearly impossible. I say forget the fan....just don't over pack the frig and use a cooler for drinks and things at least until some of the food that is in the frig is used up(?)
Why don’t they just make a refrigerator that works correctly? All the time!!!I have read so many horror stories of the refrigerator that doesn’t work right. As consumers we are paying enough money for the rv why not put something in it that will work and last!!! I just don’t get it.
Kerry Loper 12 volt fridges are better.
@Bob Tate Enforcing more stringent quality in design and manufacturing will cause pricing to go up. This will cause the RV mega manufacturers to abandon lines they have and consolidate so they can have a more structured and repetitive manufacturing process. That comes at a price. I agree that QC and Design suffer terribly in the RV industry, and something needs to change, but don't expect it to come with "price competition" and lowering of prices. It will not. This is what happened to the auto industry and why cars and trucks are so much more expensive...it is not just the technology but the cost of design and manufacturing, safety standards implementation and such. As much as everyone bitches, vehicles today are way more safer and reliable than the "glory days" we all like to be nostalgic about (I am a car guy...I get it!). This will all need to happen with RV's but this will also cause prices to go up...but the impact will be a better product.
What, you ended the vid before closing up that gaping hole?
Where can you buy them from
does the light go off when you close the door ?
jorge luquin good question.
As wired, if the fans are on then the fan lights are also on.
Where do I get the fan
Great idea 100 points
Just bought a battery operated fan from Amazon for $15.00 does exactly the same thing without installation, just put it on the top shelf...batteries last about 2 months
Use 2 of the battery powered rv blue fridge fans with rechargeable D cells.
Aim one of them down from the top on one side & the other up from the bottom on the other side. Works great! Also took the tube tray out, sealed it off!
Won't drain but use a couple of sponges & have to squeezed them out once in a while! Drain tube is gone (impossible to fix without taking our the fridge) & it works fine this way! LOL
What is the price range for these?
Around $100
George Bowman free
$100 for 2 $8.00 pc fans? I'm in the wrong business.
TRUE lol
True lol
Are those UV lights to control bacteria or just blue LED’s?
Is there a website where I can order one from
Yes
Can someone tell where I can get one of these fan?
smartrvproducts.com/
Amozon has two fans for $12 bucks
Ok video, but why are we watching the dumb light removal?
So this is supposed to work, 24/7?? What good is it to run when the fridge isn't cooling? More poorly thought out RV garbage...
Haha. I came for some good advice instead I witnessed a hack job!
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a.c.frez..difrez
does the fan only work when the door opens?
Works when the doors closed
Donald Bailey Genius! But if you press the button and it goes on your God but if it STAYS on : bad, blows OUT the cold and sucks in the WARM moisture ( reverse wires )? 😱