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    Fridge Breathing Space

    Hi all, this may sound like a dumbarse question, but here we go.
    I have had the Waeco fridge in the back of the D4 for nearly 2 years and have always been conscious of leaving a gap around the air vents at the sides, yet I see rear draw units / slides that have virtually no air gaps.
    How does this work???
    Cheers, Craig

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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco4SE View Post
    Hi all, this may sound like a dumbarse question, but here we go.
    I have had the Waeco fridge in the back of the D4 for nearly 2 years and have always been conscious of leaving a gap around the air vents at the sides, yet I see rear draw units / slides that have virtually no air gaps.
    How does this work???
    Cheers, Craig
    Probably not nearly as well as yours Craig - all fridges need space to "breathe" ...... the better "working conditions" you give 'em the better they work.

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    I guess it depends on the particular fridge. With my setup and Engle I have about 130mm of airspace at the back of the fridge when it is completely in.
    Unobstructed airspace on the open side next to the window. I feel this is more than enough breathing space for it.

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    Thanks Rich & oldsalt. Rich, your fridge with the rear vent makes sense, however still can't see how mine would work (works great at the moment oldsalt).
    Cheers, Craig

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    We had a drawer system in our Disco where the fridge was in an inclosed space, similar to this

    after testing the fridge in and out of the space, we found a big difference in temp, at least 3 to 4deg, so I rebuilt my drawer system so the fridge was out in clear space.

    To this


    Made a huge difference to how the fridge performed.

    Baz.
    Cheers Baz.

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