[cubby_swans]

Joshua, I bought my Danby a month ago from Best Buy, and it worked pretty well out of the box. Not perfect, but I like to tinker. Yet I bought the Danby with the 2 year warranty, so I didn't want to make any permanent mods (drilling, soldering, etc) that would nullify this warranty. Believe me, when I read the mods that some of these guys have done, I was overwhelmed, but I narrowed it down to 2 simple mods that were most important and did those, and my Danby cooled a large mug of water down to 35.5 degrees when I set it to 36, vs 39.5 before I did these mods. I'm not an electrician or a mechanic by any means, yet I made two really simple mods that I think pretty much anyone with opposable thumbs could do. Simply move the sensor as far towards the front of the box as I could, and added a fan for some circulation. Check out the post about "Can I use this blower".... I could easily give you a list of parts, that if you don't have, you could get for very cheap, or most likely find a close substitute for cheap or free. My mods cost me under $15.

The biggest thing you really have to be concerned with is, does your Danby get cold enough. Believe me when I tell you the readout on the front of the unit is not accurate. I set mine to 36, and my beer was 39.5. Moving the sensor even just 6 inches closer to the front of the box allowed it to get much cooler, and adding the fan increases the air movement in the whole unit, moving the cold air from the cooling plate in the back to the rest of the unit.