Residential Fridge or Not?
the Wife and I are shopping and we see a lot of fivers with residential Fridges and Inverters in them now. Are they really more prone to breakdown because of the bouncing around in the trailer or it ...
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Our manufacturer started offering the residential fridge (Samsung), but not without suffering from some growing pains. The fridge themselves are fine, but:
No provisions to winterize the ice maker when they installed them.
No provisions to secure the doors when travelling.
No provisions to secure the fridge itself to the opening (lots of dented doors)
No real OFF switch, only "less cool", so the batteries had to be disconnected whenever you were done using it, otherwise the inverter would drain them every time you put it in storage.
Many issues may have been fixed - I'm not sure. We don't really follow it because once you go to residential, you are no longer a self contained or dry camp unit beyond about 8 hrs- you are dependent upon that power.
No provisions to winterize the ice maker when they installed them.
No provisions to secure the doors when travelling.
No provisions to secure the fridge itself to the opening (lots of dented doors)
No real OFF switch, only "less cool", so the batteries had to be disconnected whenever you were done using it, otherwise the inverter would drain them every time you put it in storage.
Many issues may have been fixed - I'm not sure. We don't really follow it because once you go to residential, you are no longer a self contained or dry camp unit beyond about 8 hrs- you are dependent upon that power.
