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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economically absorption is very cheap running on propane
but dry camping electrical use is much higher than a residential fridge
it uses 3 times the electrical power to heat the element over running a compressor, and has a longer duty cycle
i never used the electric mode on any RV fridge i owned,
and i have had 4 class A's and two camper vans
But none of that was the point of this thread..
the initial question was about retrograde conversion
and getting the full story was like pulling wisdom teeth.
troublesome, painful and slow
but dry camping electrical use is much higher than a residential fridge
it uses 3 times the electrical power to heat the element over running a compressor, and has a longer duty cycle
i never used the electric mode on any RV fridge i owned,
and i have had 4 class A's and two camper vans
But none of that was the point of this thread..
the initial question was about retrograde conversion
and getting the full story was like pulling wisdom teeth.
troublesome, painful and slow
