Vents

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Most  Certainly  the  standard  fridges  in  motors  and  towed  'vans  should  have  the  vents  sealed  off  so  that  the  burned  gases  are  vented  to  the  outside  only.  For  your  safety there  should  be  no  draughts  from  the  outside  past  the  fridge  into  the  living  area!!  The  Gauze  inside  covers  are  to  keep  flies,  midges  &  mice  etc  out  of  the  van.

Hi, When i take the vents off the side of the van there are various pipes and electric cables visable. I can also see the back of the fridge through a hole in a piece of wood. Should this be covered with something.

Love the Cornish farm land, Just those flies.

Sorry, I can't say without seeing it but I can guarantee the flies will get in through more than one place. I doubt you'll ever stop them entirely but they'll die off in winter. 

Just been out to the caravan and taken off a vent cover and the inner fly screen. Back of fridge with coolant circulation pipes and finns clearly visible together with electrics and combustion gas flue but no wooden cover on our 3 year old Coachman. The fridge is sealed around the outer casing to prevent leakage of any sort into the caravan.

And  that's  just  how  it  should  be, ForestR 

Thanks very much. Will investigate further when i get to caravan on saturday.

To  misplace  a  song  title

Come  fly  with  me,  come  fly  come  fly  away 

OK OK  I'll  get  me  coat 

You can buy a spray-on 'Insect Blocker' which keeps insects away from vents and similar gaps.  Comes under names like Bug Block or Home Defense.  It works for up to twelve months, and you just spray it around.  You can also use it if you have a problem with ants - spray the steadies, for instance, to stop them crawling up.

Try it - and let us know if you find it effective.  We keep ants away from our French house, using it, and in eighteen months, haven't had any problem at all.

It's worth also mentioning that some people get reactions to all sorts of poisonous sprays, so no matter how effective, we have to avoid using them. I did try   something like that years ago in our house, but it repelled me as much as the insects, so washed it off!