OK, I'm the new guy. Been camping since before I became one of Uncle Sam's Misguided Children in 1969. I currently have a 17' (14' box) ball to bumper Ace Traveller Travel Trailer. I plan to build a Teardrop that I can tow with a 1931 Pontiac Roadster that I am retro rodding out. I still have to figue out how to put a hitch on that thing. As of right now, I'm planning and investigating and looking at galleys and equipment and I'm trying to digest all the info. I'm an old fart, so for me that takes lots of work.
I've noticed that people have coolers or dorm sized AC powered fridges. I didn't notice any teardrops with a propane fridge. Now, I gave that some thought. In the TT's the fridge is always on an outside wall so that a low vent and usually a roof vent will allow for proper dispersion of the heat buildup from the flame. Without that heat dispersion, the propane fridge would not cool well at all.
I got to thinking (sometimes a very dangerous thing). What say I put an air shaft, say the width of the fridge and maybe 3 or 4 inches deep behind where I would mount the fridge. I'd put a decent sized vent on the bottom of the shaft that would be open to the rear of the fridge. The shaft would be offset a bit and exhaust over the top rear of the fridge with a conventional rooftop fridge vent.
I've seen many an old building that had an air shaft in the center of it that aided in ventilating the whole building. I'm thinking that the shaft will act as a chimney and have a bit of a draft to aid in the heat dispersion much in the way that the mushroom fans sold to help getting rid of the heat would do.
Has anyone tried anything this, or is it not feasible to use a propane fridge in a TD? You guys are all builders, so what gives? Is this a decent plan? I suppose I could spend big bucks, buy a 3 cu ft fridge, spend all the time to build it and try it out, or I could gain some insight from your experience.
Stan