[C320-list] Fridge Fan

[hcreech at comcast.net]

I believe it is designed to hold the ice cube trays in an upright position so that the left over freezer space is usable.

Sincerely,
Herb Creech
Cloud Chaser #606


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From: "Quentin Murphy" <qmurphy at sympatico.ca>
> Does anyone know what the white metal plate (about 12-inches long and 4 to 6
> inches wide) that has one or two bends on it and is sitting in my icebox.
> It's a loose piece that can be easily removed. I presumed the previous owner
> just left it there until I've noticed this piece is in other 320 fridges.
> When asked, nobody seems to know what this is for.  Does anyone on the list
> know what this is for?
> 
> Quentin Murphy
> Celtic Knot #667
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com]On Behalf Of Warren Updike
> Sent: January 12, 2007 1:24 PM
> To: c320-list at catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Fridge Fan
> 
> 
> Allan, I've not done this so I don't have practical experience; but, I read
> about installing a fan in a baffle fore/aft in the box.  This baffle might
> also have add'l holes in it that can be closed to control the temp in the
> port/refer side vs the stbd/freezer side.  In this way, people who have done
> this say they can store more frozen food and keep it frozen.  Such a baffle
> could be made from starboard.  I would still start out with a block of ice
> in the bottom under the freezer.  There is probably someone on this list who
> has done this.  Anyone??
> 
> I also read about such a fan in a baffle that had a thermostat to control it
> making it possible to set for a desired temp in the refer side of the box.
> Then, you would probably want the fan to have it's own power independent of
> the compressor.  Wish I could remember where I read all this.
> 
> As for freezer ice build-up, I understand this is more a matter of the
> outside humidity and the movement of air between the inside of the box and
> the outside.  The higher the humidity the more ice build-up you'll get.  The
> tighter the seals, the better the insulation, and less opening of lids, the
> less ice build-up you will have.  Moving the air has, I think, more to do
> with distributing the temperature in side.  I'm not sure air movement will
> affect the ice build-up.
> 
> Of course, an insulating cover under the lids will help.  We put our closed
> foam cockpit cushions on the fridge at other than meal times.  We don't
> normally sail with the aft part of the two part cushion on either side.
> I've nearly killed myself by stepping on them.  We won't talk about the time
> I bone-headedly applied ArmorAll to the cushions.  It was like stepping on
> ice for about a month.  That's when we started sailing without the aft half.
> Careful thought should normally preceed action.
> 
> Warren & Pattie Updike
> C320, #62, 1994, "Warr De Mar"
> Frog Mortar Creek, Middle River
> Chesapeake Bay
> 
> 
> 

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Sincerely,
Herb Creech
Cloud Chaser #606