Fridge settings.

Exwindsurfer said:
Kev the amount of folks on our forum that have trouble with there 3 way fridges . Some one is all ways saying its not work on gas or not working on main 12v eats the battery I would not have one given to me .
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The gas section needs the burner and jet cleaned every two years or so: this takes about 20 minutes.

Three way fridges use no battery at all when on 12v because they run off the alternator, not the battery.

The reason high spec motorhomes still have them that they are the best, but also far more expensive.
 
Pudsey Bear said:
One of the joys of buying and selling badly looked after vans, but the faults made them cheap enough for us to buy them and fortunately, I was up to fixing them sufficient to make a few bob when I sold them on a few months of use later.
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The trick is to know how little you can get away with doing, and then sell it for a profit. I have been working on my 1999 Transit for about two months now. If I had wanted to make a profit I wouldn't have replaced two tyres, changed the gearbox and rear diff oils, paid £950 for four new injectors and fuel pump, new solar regulator etc etc. And sticking to the topic I am just going to fit three PC fans and a thermostat to the fridge vent.
What I would have done is get a new MOT with the existing tyres, fitted 10 new shiny brass colooured plastic cupboard knobs, sprayed the wiper arms black, polished it including the roof, fitted a used rear light lens to replace the broken one, hoovered and shampood the upholstery, and OK, the Carver water heater didn't work so I paid £45 for a new burner to fix that. The rest of the work I did was not necessary. I paid £14k for it and I reckon I could have sold it for £19k. I would have spent about £110 on it. However as I want to keep it, I need to get it to my standards.
 
That's the way to do it, I make them look as good as possible, take in depth pictures somewhere nice as you're selling a dream if it's a newbie, I'd show everything working even down to having hot water in the tap and once sold I hand over an instruction book (even if it has manuals) in case someone like Barry buys it, I have even done a YT video for some folk.
 
gasgas said:
I'm too forgetful to remember that if it's hot, I have wired the fans to a switch, or if it's cold I need to turn the switch off. A cheap NTC from a gas boiler should auto regulate it.
(NTC is the common slang for Negative Temperature Coefficient, meaning that contrarily to normal laws of physics, the device reduces its resistance as the temperature rises)

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That won't work I'm afraid, all you'll have is a variable (by temp) resistance in the circuit. You need a switch. Loads on eBay
 
I think it could depend on the fridge model with 3 ways. That big Hymer Charlie had could never keep ice cream in the freezer, Charlie challenged Dometic and they ran tests on it. I can’t remember what figure it maintained in the fridge but it was quite high. Charlie went the not fit for purpose route when he saw the figures but Dometic came back saying they aren’t fridges, they are cool boxes.

If you know Charlie you may have already heard the story lol
 
The fridge in this van (RM5380) has exceeded all expectations and it does keep stuff frozen even in the crisper if you turn it too far.
 
Pudsey Bear said:
A fridge needs internal air flow to be efficient as well as being cooled.

I have used external fans in the top vent a few times and feel the do work, but I try to park with the fridge side in the shade this is why they are usually but not always on the side with the awning on.

PC fans are just as good if not better than the kits you can buy, and should pull air out at the top vent.

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I have three fans fitted in mine and we have ice cubes even when in Spain, they work better if there are no gaps around them though
 
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