Cooling fan replacement

[phorner]

I have a cooling fan that is getting loud and I would like to replace it. The one needing replacement is behind my small refrigerator in the outside entertainment center, and looks to be identical to the one located in my inverter bay.

Does anyone have a spec on these fans or a recommended replacement?

Interesting to note that the fan in question in the entertainment center is powered on and off by the main refer breaker in my electrical panel.

Pictured is the fan in the inverter bay.

[truk4u]

Paul,

I got this one at Radio Shack, but it's 12 volt.

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[Orren Zook]

Radio Shack has 120v fans in that configuration too.

[phorner]

Thanks for the info, guys.

I'll pull the noisy one out and try to match it up at Radio Shack.

I was kind of surprised that it appears to be 120 volt, as my assumption was 12 volt.

[garyde]

You can also order these fans from
Grainger.

[Darrell McCarley]

Grainger will have these fans available with ball bearings that will last longer than the fans from radio shack without ball bearings.

[Jon Wehrenberg]

Darrell and Gary nailed it.

I have a pair installed for inverter cooling and they have been running for about 4 years.

[jelmore]

Paul, I'm curious how you will get to yours. Can you get to it from the front bay access panel? I am also surprised that this fan is switched from the refrigerator circuit. Just very odd, I think. Does it blow into the entertainment center or into the battery area?

[phorner]

Jim,

Easy access. Just pull out the small refer that's in the entertainment center by taking out 2 screws on the right hand side. Once the screws are out, it simply slides out to access the electric outlet behind it.

The fan sits behind the refer and blows air from the back of this compartment to vent into the space behind, which houses the Cruiseair compressor and is open on the bottom.

[Jon Wehrenberg]

My memory of this may be a little faulty, but the fans are built for specific orientation. Mine are installed horizontally and the ones I removed were for vertical mounting. My replacements not only had ball bearings instead of bronze bushings, but they were for horizontal mounting.