Camper trailers

Gronk

It should work fine provided there is sufficient air space around the fridge. From memory my Waeco handbook says to have at least a 2 inch air gap around the fridge to ensure there is sufficient air circulation to keep the compressor cool enough.

Gronk,

I have a Kimberley Kamper with the Gullwing Box and Fridge fitted. When purchasing we where told to go the upgrade ventilation fan and filters for the Gullwing box to assist the operation of the fridge. Thus far this has worked very well and funnily enough the fridge does use less power when the fan is running. The only issue is after every day on really dudty roads you need to clean the filter. So from my observations I would say yes, it should be vented.....

Gronk,
Some years ago I had something similar and decided to put vents in. I had noticed that after a trip on dirt roads the dust was not uniformly over all the trailer and some bits behind the box I had on the drawbar were relatively clean.

I washed down the area and then wiped the toolbox with car wax and then went for a drive on a dirt road. When I came back there were clearly some areas that did not have much dust sticking on. That is where I put the 2 filters. Seemed to work ok - the fridge was fairly happy and not much dust got in.

alastair

Have an Onyx with same setup. Gullwing and 40ltr Engel.
8000kms and never a worry about fridge function. Close everything when towing and let gullwing breath when stopped. Only dust in box after 6 month trip was from a willie-willie or2 passing through camp. Checked fridge fan and coils for dust recently and they were clean.
Good choice of trailer, me a happy camper.

Thanks for those replies, Im sure they will now probably just leave it as normal and see how it goes.