classicdude
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As some of you may know, I wired a 100k potentiometer across my thermistor wires yesterday to try to lower my fridge temp. Short version is that it worked. Overnight the fridge temp reached 38 degrees. Early this morning I lowered the setting about 1/8 of a turn. The temp is now 30 degrees. I just raised the setting back up about 1/16 turn and will see how it reacts. Hopefully that will get me where I wanna be...
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raygreg
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Good to know
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ADAD437
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Can you post some pictures and info. I will for sure try it.
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classicdude
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At this point I couldn't really get good pics since I have everything concealed in shrink tubing, so you can't really see anything at all. I don't know the rules for posting links, so I'll send the link (that I used for installing) to you via private message.
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D.E.Bishop
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classicdude just click on link and type in the link you want to post or just type it in we can cut and paste to the browser. I'd like to see pictures and the schematic too.
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Gale Hawkins
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classicdude sometimes when your frig is empty turn it to MAX and make sure you are getting 100% run time (no kicking off for a couple day with no door use just see what your frig can do. That will tell you the MAX the frig can do in that same enviroment.
We have a Norcold and that option is standard on the front of the frig.
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classicdude
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Trying this from my IPhone. Hope I got the entire link copied...
http://www.crossroadsrv.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2357&PID=22148
I will play around with this a lot before our next trip this Friday. Hope the performance continues. The link explains installing the device inside the camper, but I just placed mine inside the exterior vent. I don't mind going outside to tweek it!
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classicdude
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Gale Hawkins wrote:classicdude sometimes when your frig is empty turn it to MAX and make sure you are getting 100% run time (no kicking off for a couple day with no door use just see what your frig can do. That will tell you the MAX the frig can do in that same enviroment.
We have a Norcold and that option is standard on the front of the frig.
This sounds like a good project for next week. I'll try although I'm not sure exactly what I'm looking for. I bet I know before the end of the day, considering that I have certain obsessive compulsive tendencies about this stuff!
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classicdude
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Fridge is holding 34 degrees. Outside air temp is 92 degrees, humidity is 53%. Freezer temp is -20...Jeez! I saw on this forum where someone questioned another posters reading of -20. Well, I've checked it with 2 different thermometers.
Computer fan is running in the fridge compartment, and two are mounted in the lower outside vent- blowing upward across the coils.
I wonder if I'm putting additional strain on any of the refer components by doing this?
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classicdude
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Well I'm gonna try my hand with pics using a suggestion I received awhile back. Hope it works!
Hopefully this is a picture of the mounted potentiometer.
This is where I attached the pot wires to the thermistor wires. Like I said, you can't see much. All is covered by shrink tubing. I added protection with electrical tape covered by 'liquid tape' I just happened to have lying around.
Last but not least, a couple of computer fans blowing upward across the exterior coils. Also had lying around...
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