How are the Repco Fridges going?

Smocky,
Have a word to MEMBER-Crazie.
Cheers,
Bros.

Smocky,

I looked into this a few years back in great depth as we have an old Electrolux in the camper. In the end I improved the venting and as we didn't have a permanent 12v setup so I didn't end up fitting a fan. Along the way I had lots of advice which boiled down to - the fridge has been very carefully designed to draw cool air from the bottom, pass it over the cooling fins and vent at the top. The best place to install the fan(s) is at the top of the fins so that the path is followed. If you install at the bottom it may still help but if the flow is disrupted too much then the re-condensation process may be less efficient.

A terrific website for this is:
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and go to the Technical section/index and look at the diagram of the process to get a feel for how it all works.

Adrian

Hi Smocky,
I have been following your articles on the fridge, I was just wondering how it has been going since.
Also do you have any ideas on how they can be levelled up inside a van. I was thinking of making up a wooden frame for it to sit on and attach some feet of something like a washing machine which are adjustable, thus hoping that then it wouldnt be as important if your van wasnt quite level. I shall go and do some searching and see if i can find any ideas.

cheers

Thanks for that.
It looks like just the thing I was thinking of.
I'll tell you what you have certainly got the kids set up well in the back seat, DVD and all.
I remember when our kids were little, we would take the read along tapes with us, it got a bit momotonous on a 10 hour trip listening to chicken little over and over again.

cheers