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rhagfo
Explorer III
Oct 08, 2022

JC Refrigeration 12 volt compressor cooling unit

Well our cooling unit has failed, pretty sure no cooling on gas or electric. Noticed some dreaded yellow powder and a slight smell of ammonia.
So now looking at the JC Refrigeration 12 volt compressor cooling unit. I have the room for it, and it seems like it should work better then the absorption unit.
Are there any members that have real world experience with one of there units?
Our refer is a Dometic RM2862, the replacement unit runs $785, install is $0.00 as I will do myself.

We replaced the cooling unit 8/3/2018, so got just over four years out of a new unit. A new absorption unit runs $740, and a rebuilt is $450. That puts the cost on par with absorption unit.

We full Time and mostly park host, so almost always have power, we have two Interstate SRM-27 batteries in parallel, if without power.

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  • rhagfo's avatar
    rhagfo
    Explorer III
    We don’t boondock, only need to deal with the occasional power outage we have two Interstate SRM 27 deep cycle batteries in parallel, that should run the refer over night and the furnace.
  • I am on my second JC conversion (two different rvs) I will never go back to the old way.:C Install is easy if you read and understand the directions.:B Our present refer is a 4 door Dometic and has two compressors. One for the fridge and one for the freezer a much better arrangement for a large fridge. I do have 1000 watts of solar and a 400 AH lithium battery.
    All in all I say got for it you will never look back!!:B
  • “Almost always have power…” can be a fridge cooling and battery disaster if you run out of battery power on those occasions when you are not plugged in. One hundred useable amp hours can go pretty quickly when everything is on battery power.