T&T: Muffin Fan (added to Nordcold)

[Ted Hugger]

Gary, where in your Norcold did you mount the muffin fan, and in what
direction to you have the air flow moving?

Thanks!

Ted Hugger
Sequin, GB32-126
South Freeport, ME 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: trawlers-and-trawlering-bounces at lists.samurai.com 
> [mailto:trawlers-and-trawlering-bounces at lists.samurai.com] On 
> Behalf Of GARY RITZMAN
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 4:14 AM
> To: Trawlers-samurai
> Cc: otisltd at mysc.com
> Subject: Re: T&T: Muffin Fan (added to Nordcold)
> 
> SNIP>>>: I want to put a muffin fan in my Norcold 110V/12V 
> SNIP>>>refrig/freezer
> to keep the lower portion of the refrig cooler....Is there a 
> way to wire a 12 V fan to work? Jim Cobb
> 
> The muffin fan is a very valuable addition. Rather than mess 
> with the Norcold wiring you can simply tap into the 12 volt 
> wire coming into the back of the fridge. This means that the 
> fan runs whenever there is 12 volt or 110 volt power to the 
> fridge (assuming you leave both breakers on) but we consider 
> that a good thing. Since you are mostly on 110 volt there is 
> no downside re battery draw. At anchor the muffin fan draws 
> so little juice we don't worry about it.
> The fan made a big difference in the running time of our 
> Norcold but that is in large part because our Norcold 
> installation has very poor air circulation.
> BUT remember this: As stated many times on this list the most 
> important thing if you are running on 12 volt is to install 
> heavier wiring. That also made a significant difference. As 
> info our Norcold is now 17 years old and still going strong 
> despite 3500 hours on the Lehmans.
> <<<gary Ritzman>>>   M/V Dharma   Albin 40   Mercer Island WA
> PS I'll expect a cold beer if I see you on the water!
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