Help with a cooling problem

[Lane]

OK, I've set up a remote tap system - I'll post a photo. I have a small fridge in a kitchen cabinet about 5 ft from the taps, (on the lower left in the photo) but the fridge can't cool enough - probably because it doesn't have enough air circulation for the heat to dissipate inside the cabinet. I can't keep the temp down to serving temp.

I'm also running a little squirrel cage fan to cool the lines in a 2" pipe - typical set up - but I wonder if the fan motor isn't creating heat inside the fridge thats adding to my problems.

SOOO - I'm wondering if I should use a remote cooling condenser/coil of some kind - somehow route the cold air into my fridge (not using its compressor, which I'm thinking is under-powered)... or maybe build and insulated box to use in place of the little fridge?

Space is very limited - no room for a kegerator or similar, as I only have about 21" x 30" space in the cabinet....

Ideas?

[lunkhead]

If there's no air circulation in the cabinet the fridge is in, that's a problem. What are the specs of the fan you are using? If it gets a little warm when running out side the fridge, it's going to get even warmer inside.

[Lane]

Thanks - yes, I think I may have a combination of two problems here. I can try to ventilate the cabinet sides, but not sure how effective that will be. I'm also told that theres a way to move the compressor behind the fridge, where there is air circulation - but I haven't figured out how to do that yet.

The fan is the little 15 cfm blower thats sold by Mircomatic - the motor does feel warm to the touch when its running.

So maybe its a combination of the lack of air circulation and the fan inside the cooler?

[lunkhead]

You may want to try and force air cool the cabinet the fridge is in. Have an air inlet down low and a fan or blower up higher to exhast the warm air. The blower you have now would work good for that. But that blower is too warm for your small fridge. It's like having a 30-35 watt light bulb always on inside. The DC powered blower setup that I use only gives off about 1.5 watts of heat, always feels cool to the touch.

[Lane]

Ahhh.. OK - you mean use the blower that I have to cool the cabinet, and another fan for cooling my lines - correct? Tell me about the DC fan that you use?

Thanks again!

[lunkhead]

Correct, Here's the long sad tale, but with a very happy ending for the blower that I use, and there are more posts on this also. Just do a "search forum" Tower Cooling for Danby DKC645 or ???