Gone Residential
The Norcold982 finally bit the big one. Thanks dougrainer for your help in telling me what was what with that old refrigerator .MR Wizzad posted info about his residential change out that helped. In f...
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Best thing we ever did when our NEVERCOLD at 11 years of age bit the dust was replaced with a residential fridge. Everything freezes and stays cold so much better and that of itself gives us more confidence in our foods being good. Because we love to boondock with a passion we also installed thanks to help from several Escapee members guidance a fully fledged solar system 1000w and 800ah battery bank.
The C$3800 we saved on the cost of the new replacement useless RV type fridge, we spent C$700 on the fridge/freezer and under C$7000 for the whole solar set up. For sure it'll take a bit to get our money back on what we save on CG fees, but we are avid boondockers anyway and the convenience of being totally cordless is priceless to us.
FWIW, and if it helps someone else avoid what we went through: We initially used Velcro to secure the fridge doors and wedged rolled up netting we had spare to hand left over from covering the back vent to the outside for ventilation, between the upper and lower doors when in transit, until hubby went around a corner a little too sharp on the Peninsula in Washington, and out flew a gallon of milk that split, all over the place (never want that to happen believe me!!!) Took hours of steam cleaning and sucking up carpet over and over at the nearest Walmart as well wiping every nook and cranny thoroughly with hot soapy water to avoid inevitable to come smell in the August heat. Could have cried redoing it over and over to try to get rid of any smell that was waiting to happen!
Went to Rona and Installed two clear plastic straps with heavy duty press studs (one for each door of fridge and freezer) secured to the surround = works a treat now.
The C$3800 we saved on the cost of the new replacement useless RV type fridge, we spent C$700 on the fridge/freezer and under C$7000 for the whole solar set up. For sure it'll take a bit to get our money back on what we save on CG fees, but we are avid boondockers anyway and the convenience of being totally cordless is priceless to us.
FWIW, and if it helps someone else avoid what we went through: We initially used Velcro to secure the fridge doors and wedged rolled up netting we had spare to hand left over from covering the back vent to the outside for ventilation, between the upper and lower doors when in transit, until hubby went around a corner a little too sharp on the Peninsula in Washington, and out flew a gallon of milk that split, all over the place (never want that to happen believe me!!!) Took hours of steam cleaning and sucking up carpet over and over at the nearest Walmart as well wiping every nook and cranny thoroughly with hot soapy water to avoid inevitable to come smell in the August heat. Could have cried redoing it over and over to try to get rid of any smell that was waiting to happen!
Went to Rona and Installed two clear plastic straps with heavy duty press studs (one for each door of fridge and freezer) secured to the surround = works a treat now.
