Getting Rid of a Residential Refrigerator

We boondocks 90% of the time, so we went propane. Or, put a lot of solar up and add batteries.

Well....keep us posted and show us progress pictures on the removal of your residential refer and the install of the propane unit! We'll be excited to see how it goes!

I would like to see the links to the Thor Plazio residential fridge problems
It doesn't cool ?
Or maybe he only has two batteries that are three yrs old and parks in the shade and his solar can't supply enough battery charge power
I would like too see what these complaints are
Maybe it is something specific to the fridge that Thor choose to use ?
Is anybody complaining about the fridge in the Winnie you are looking at

As you can read, there is nobody on here complaining about their RR

It's your money and you can spend it how you wish
However I don't see the issues you said you read about from the Thor owners, and you have not said what these issues see supposed to be

Nobody here is in unhappy with their residential , and replaced it with a RV fridge
Which was your original question
This is the largest RV forum on the internet,
If nobody has done it here , I doubt anybody has
That has too mean something of value,
You can accept that...Or ignore it and keep looking for some one to give you the answer you seem to be looking for
Many people have a concern or even phobia about propane
I have never met one who has undue concern about residential fridge, other than the amount of power used and how to manage it

chasfenwick wrote:
It is very difficult to obtain useful, factual information from these forums. Maybe 20% of the responses are reasonable and useful. I have made various attempts over the last 1-1/2 years, but it appears to be hopeless.

I take your above statement to mean you have tried to gather info from the other various forums where residential fridges and associated issues have been posted........

BUT after 1 1/2 yrs. you have NOT really gather USEFUL info about the issues/concerns/problems with residential fridges YET you have decided you will NOT purchase a new RV if it has one OR you will rip it out and replace with absorption fridge.


Is that about it?

I like absorption fridges BUT there have been issues.......mfg. caused.
Residential fridges.......they run, run, run, run.
Properly set up they are RV friendly.

I for one would like to hear of the issues you have heard/read about even IF you only have a few examples.

Just curious what has been posted :H

I emailed a tech friend. He came back with 10 -16 hours but pointed out there were lots of unknowns with gas line locations and power locations. The existing residential will probably be fed by inverter power so you would want to make sure that is changed. The roof vent and rear vent are fairly straight forward and the trim work although straight forward could be a fairly big variable. Assuming you got the fridge for free or exchanging it to someone who wanted to do the opposite as you my guess would be under 2000 bucks. Doug Rainer is a valuable resource on this forum. Hopefully he could shed some light on conversion challenges and costs. If you do it, take pictures and tell us how it goes.

Good luck.

chasfenwick wrote:
It is very difficult to obtain useful, factual information from these forums. Maybe 20% of the responses are reasonable and useful. I have made various attempts over the last 1-1/2 years, but it appears to be hopeless.

Chas, these forums are full of people who have RV's of all different sizes, quality and age. A lot of folks here have good experience.

You have to weigh the responses as people can be emotional with their answers. Take it all at face value and weigh it for yourself.

You want factual info? Professional websites can offer that and a lot of the season'd RV'ers can too. Experience means a lot.

Sorry that your attempts have been fruitless, hang in there!

MM.

Hi chasfenwick,

I think you are asking something that needs to be addressed at the factory level. Retro fitting a propane fridge is going to be extraordinarily difficult and expensive.

By the time the necessary modifications are finished, it may cost considerably more than a 12 volt dc Sunfrost fridge.

extra efficient fridge

I'm sorry you did not receive the answer you wished.

It is very difficult to obtain useful, factual information from these forums. Maybe 20% of the responses are reasonable and useful. I have made various attempts over the last 1-1/2 years, but it appears to be hopeless.

chasfenwick, There may be some in denial but I encourage you to not be one. I say it this way because you have read some's problems with RR and have come to the conclusion they are not worth it. That is fine. You are out to make you and yours happy. Through my reading I have seen a lot that are extremely happy with their RR. Some even dry camp. They have set up their rigs for it (large charger & separate inverter, more batts, solar), though. The RR might not be for everybody but there appears to be very little downside and that includes troubles, for those that get one and set up their rig to support it. A question is, Are the complaints you read a good sampling, or only the few nay sayers? Did the complainer set up their rigs properly and was it installed well? Are there another 90% of satisfied RR users that do not post this, as that is just not how folks use these forums.