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 ...
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chasfenwick wrote:
This marathon thread says as much about people as it does about refrigerators. Thanks to the several of you who actually understood my concerns and addressed them. Clearly there are pluses and minuses to both residential and RV fridges. I may end up with residetial, but it will certainly not be all positives. Few choices in life are black and white. One beauty of the RV fridge run in propane mode is not having to be constantly worrying about state of charge of batteries. Fridge will run on propane, typical tank size, for a VERY long time. Believe it or not, right this minute I am riding down interstate highway in RV, fridge running on propane, and I could care less what the state of the
coach batteries may be.
Well you shouldn't need to worry about the state of your coach batteries as they are being maintained via alternator while running down the road.
BUT boondocking battery load management is always necessary even when fridge is on propane because of the need for proper DC voltage to operate fridge controls.
So whether absorption or residential fridge you still have to manage energy loads.
Proper planning prevents poor performance.....part of the 7 P's
