Technobody wrote:
I don't think a regular refrigerator would be wise in a fifth wheel.
I think you're swimming against the stream on this one unless you're a boondocker. The market seems to be moving to residential fridges, especially in the mid and upper line 5th wheels, because of customer demand. Personally, I've had enough of failed cooling units (Dometic
AND Norcold), fridge fires (although we haven't lost an RV, 2 friends have), poor cooling, etc. We love the residential fridge in our new 5th wheel, and a lot of them are being sold that way. The residential fridge is standard equipment in many mid and upper range 5th wheels.
Aside from the coach batteries and inverter, bear in mind that the batteries are being augmented by the tow vehicle's batteries and alternator via the +12VDC feed to the trailer during travel. We've never had a battery or fridge problem with our residential fridge/PSW inverter setup. We do have 2 Yamaha EF2000is generators running in parallel available in the truck bed if supplemental charging or running 1 A/C for pre-cooling of the RV is desired.
Rusty