Use a 110 V fridge in RV ??

Almot wrote:

wmoses wrote:
I don't typically stay at private parks (RV parking lots) and so far have never used a campsite w/o electricity so putting the small Walmart special outside should not be an issue.

Hi,
how much do you think a very small residential weigh? 25 lbs, 35? And this is - empty. Tell you wife not to load your built-in LP frig up to the limit, it will work better.

Not that I like LP - if it were on-grid camping only, I would've got residential in place of existing LP. But not a 2nd fridge for sure. Try using less processed foods and junk drinks in small packaging, they take too much space.

Small "dorm" fridges are pretty light.. I have a 1.2 cu ft one in my sticks and bricks basement and I would say it weighs no more than 25 lbs and you can easily fit several gallons of milk in it and still have some room for other chilled food. Really is a "wash" in weight and may be much less weight than say a 40qt ice chest loaded with ice!

My 10cu ft home fridge weighed in at 125 lbs and the 9cu ft RV fridge that I pulled out weighed in at 138 lbs.. Something else to consider, RV fridges are actually rather top heavy and home fridges are bottom heavy.. So my home fridge actually has a lower center of gravity which is actually a real good thing..

One pair of 6V GC batts gives me plenty of battery to run the fridge plus furnace ALL night, plus some lights before we turn in.

I would not be afraid to boondock a weekend just using the gen in the morning a couple of hrs and in the evening a couple of hrs..

Perfectly do able and in most cases folks ARE going to run a gen for things like microwaves, perhaps A/C, hair drier and other heavy 120V loads so why is everyone here so worried about someone expressing an interest in a residential fridge.. Heck there IS full timers boondocking AND with a residential fridge and it never wrecked their lifestyle one bit..