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After a lot of research we thought we were going with a class A. Now we’ve changed our minds and going with a 5th wheel. The one we like is the Forest River 377FLIK. The only issue is it does not com...
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RustyJC wrote: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
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Excellent *informed*..:C.. response!
If I was purchasing a new 5th or MoHo - the AC compressor type residential fridge would be a "no substitute" *requirement*.
*Informed* Customer Demand!!..:W
OP - try a search on Residential Refrigerators in the Class A Motor home forum.
More common in the A's - as well as the number of owners changing out their Propane/AC refrigerators to residential.
An excellent modification!
Lastly - everything Generator can be found on/in The *Tech Issues* forum;
