Eightpot Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Slightly OT question here for anyone with a metallurgy bent.. I've fitted the lid of my National Luna fridge freezer with a 3mm aluminium plate on top using double sided tape, so there's roughly a 1mm air gap, so I can use it as a worktop in the camper. It's still in the high 30s here in Morocco and the fridge is struggling to keep to low temps without high run times - not a massive shock as its 37 degrees in the truck, but its occurred to me I may have strapped a big heat sink to the top 🤔 The lid has a shiny stainless surface naturally, not sure if I'm better off ripping the ally off - any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Won't make much difference in all honesty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eightpot Posted October 7, 2022 Author Share Posted October 7, 2022 Yeah, having a more thorough drains up it turns out the cooling fan has packed in - nice little job tomorrow trawling round marrakesh for a new fan 😞 not bad going on a 12 month old £1000 fridge which is now in bits spread across a dusty campsite 🤨 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eightpot Posted October 7, 2022 Author Share Posted October 7, 2022 First proper tooltime in months so cant complain - ripped the ally lid off anyway while I was pulling things to bits, and it was considerably warmer than the fridge lid, so I'll have to have a think on that.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 It could have been insulating it from the sun.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eightpot Posted October 7, 2022 Author Share Posted October 7, 2022 Parked in the shade, its 37 degrees! Nice problem to have 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 At a guess almost any 12v PC cooling fan would do in a pinch if you can bodge it into the case you could just wire it to run 24/7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eightpot Posted October 8, 2022 Author Share Posted October 8, 2022 Yeah it does look like a standard 2 pin PC fan of a decent quality, so should be easy to find another - however after a day of traipsing round the backstreets, souks and malls of Marrakesh I've only managed to turn up a cheapo chinese fan with tiny motor that literally wouldn't blow a candle out. Seriously missing Amazon. Might have to just stick another fan on the vents to get more pull through - surprising amount of heat generated, casing very hot without a good fan clearing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Look for PAPST fans, they're one of the good ones. Failing that, whatever you can do to get air through it is going to help greatly, even if it means zip-tying 3 cheapy fans to the vents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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