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Great post regarding your Danby improvements. I got a Danby for Christmas and am having same temperature/foam issues. I have a couple of questions if you don't mind. First, do you think it is necessary for both the blower as well as the fan? I would definitely like to put a blower in to get air to tower. Did you hard wire your controller and fan to the Danby, or is it all run seperately? I would rteally like to re-create your set-up. I saw pictures, but was wondering if you posted a step by step as far as wiring. Also, have you now bypassed the auto defrost capability of the Danby and has this been an issue? Lastly, do you have any photos and details if your drip pan? Does it have a drain? Sorry for all the questions and thanks in advance!
sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you. about the 2 fans: it is critical to get air up in the tower. that blower is a must. the other must is enlarging the hole size. you need a 3" hole instead of the 1.5" hole they left there. the air needs a way to return to the refridgerator area. the hose from the blower will barely make it in there and it will supply air, but won't be able to return very well. so definately do those two things. the other fan i added at the same time because i talked with a repair man who told me that they need some sort of circulation inside there to maintain temperature. if you look at any refridgerator, they have a fan to circulate the air. now i think you can get away without using one, but i wanted to make sure i did all this work at the same time. might have been overkill, but i like it. yes i did hardwire the temp controller to the danby. i just replied to a post you and psychodad were talking about, check it out. no i ddnt take step by step pics, i didnt have a camera at the time, wish i did. i might do that though, as i now have another danby from my friend, he wantsme to do the same to his kegerator. he is using mine right now and loves it. no more auto defrost with the new controller. if you have all the door seals and air leaks out, defrosting should not be an issue, i have not had to do that with mine but what someone on here said is that when they change kegs, they unplug the unit and clean the beer lines, and let it defrost then. the drip pan i just cut with a dremel tool, rough cut and used plumbers putty to seal around it. i drilled a 1/2" hole in the top for the drain. there was/is nothing there except foam. also i added a layer of foam ontip the kegerator under the plastic cover. i used left over carpet padding i had laying around.. thought that might help keep it colder but not sure that it helps at all. hope this helps. -chad
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