Refrigerator in slide out not cold enough
I have used my present rig for 10 summers with the refrigerator in the slide out not being cold enough. For 10 years various mechanics have tried to "fix" the problem without success. My wife and I ...
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Dave5w wrote:
My understanding through my mechanic is that manufacturers have stopped using traditional RV refrigerators in slide outs. They have gone to a household type electric refrigerator.a 10 cu. ft. household type refrigerator at Home Depot that would fit the opening where my present refrigerator sits.....My mechanic has suggested that I could run the generator while on the road to keep the refrigerator cold. I'm not wild about this idea. The other alternative would be to just not have the refrigerator run while we are traveling.
Most 5th wheels that use residential refrigerators will have an inverter as standard or optional equipment. The residential fridge in our unit is powered by a 1500 watt pure sine wave inverter while we're on the road. This inverter is powered by the 5th wheel's batteries, but those batteries are being recharged during travel by the truck's batteries and alternator through the trailer umbilical. So equipped, operating the residential fridge while traveling is no problem whatsoever.
Rusty
