Improve your 3 way fridge out of sight

Submitted: Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 18:27
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I have recently covered the outside of my 3 way finch fridge with polystyrene foam . Except the back of course. The improvement in its performance is remarkable. In addition to the computer fan under the condenser it works great in hot weather. I have one of those inside outside temperature guages and outside it is reading 30.5 degrees and inside (the temp sensor is half way up the side on the smaller side ) the temperature is zero and my coke cans have ice inside.This is without fan running. Before the temp sensor would read about 5-6 at 30 outside so am mighty impressed. My fridge is the finch fridge not the f400 explorer .........before the modifications was thinking to upgrade not anymore.

The polystyrene i bought from a foam place cost $20 for 25mm thickness .........used a stanley knife to cut it and then glued it to outside of fridge using sellys all fix .......finished it off by covering the foam with white contact...........looks great too. Took a little while to glue and carefully cut so it looked nice but well worth it.....I am going to cover the bottom of the fridge too now. Makes me wonder why these manufacturers dont put more into their fridges in the first place ......nothing wrong with the concept just need a little bit more attention in insulation and ventilation and you have a top fridge. . I can answer that question cost but if you can be bothered fans and improve insulation pay off especially if you like freezing cold beer on a hot day and it dont cost much either. The above results are on 240v would like to see how she goes on gas now .........

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