Getting Rid of a Residential Refrigerator
I want to move up from Class C to Class A but, from what I am reading, one would want to avoid a residential refrigerator like the plague. I love the Norcold in my Jayco Melbourne; it is a marvel of ...
Forum Discussion
I had to wait. Cannot believe this. Less than 48 hours and 13 pages of responses.
1. A Man asks about going Absorbsion and the Forum Guru's that never met an Absorbsion they like, blast him.
2. People that have and have gone residential act like someone called the kids and wife/husband UGLY in public if you mention Absorbsion. These same people when someone asks for help with their Absorbsion refer, NEVER RESPOND WITH HELP, They just jump on their soapbox and state to hell with you and go residential. If you do NOT, you must be a moron.
3. I DEFEND Absorbsion refers, because unlike 99 44/100% of the people on these forums, I KNOW what the actual risk is in Absorbsion and there is NO real RISK. there is a LITTLE risk but not much
4. Would I prefer Residential. YES! But I do NOT knock Absorbsion or residential, they are equally viable solutions. The plain fact is, Residential is CHEAPER and if people do not boondock much, residential is better way to go.
5. Are residential cheaper in the long run? The jury is still out. MOST of the Hop on the bandwagon Residential people here on this forum do their own work. IF like most RV'ers, you have to pay someone to do the work, residential may cost you for future repairs, but will never rise to the cost of the intial Absorbsion price. So, I charge 2.0 hours($250) to pull and reinstall a residential refer for the Residential repairman to diagnosis and fix. I usually have to remove the doors and such and install the refer on a platform I made to prevent damage to the floor. I pull a residential about once a month for the Service man to diagnosis and fix. Others he can fix without the refer being pulled. Most are warranty or ESC repairs. A few have been Customer pay and have run as high as $600 parts and labor plus my $250 pull and reinstall. AS MORE residential become standard, we will see the longevity of theses refers after running down the road at 70 mph. Doug
1. A Man asks about going Absorbsion and the Forum Guru's that never met an Absorbsion they like, blast him.
2. People that have and have gone residential act like someone called the kids and wife/husband UGLY in public if you mention Absorbsion. These same people when someone asks for help with their Absorbsion refer, NEVER RESPOND WITH HELP, They just jump on their soapbox and state to hell with you and go residential. If you do NOT, you must be a moron.
3. I DEFEND Absorbsion refers, because unlike 99 44/100% of the people on these forums, I KNOW what the actual risk is in Absorbsion and there is NO real RISK. there is a LITTLE risk but not much
4. Would I prefer Residential. YES! But I do NOT knock Absorbsion or residential, they are equally viable solutions. The plain fact is, Residential is CHEAPER and if people do not boondock much, residential is better way to go.
5. Are residential cheaper in the long run? The jury is still out. MOST of the Hop on the bandwagon Residential people here on this forum do their own work. IF like most RV'ers, you have to pay someone to do the work, residential may cost you for future repairs, but will never rise to the cost of the intial Absorbsion price. So, I charge 2.0 hours($250) to pull and reinstall a residential refer for the Residential repairman to diagnosis and fix. I usually have to remove the doors and such and install the refer on a platform I made to prevent damage to the floor. I pull a residential about once a month for the Service man to diagnosis and fix. Others he can fix without the refer being pulled. Most are warranty or ESC repairs. A few have been Customer pay and have run as high as $600 parts and labor plus my $250 pull and reinstall. AS MORE residential become standard, we will see the longevity of theses refers after running down the road at 70 mph. Doug
