Refrigerator options
Alright, so I just had a complete systems check done on my '78 Chevy Itasca and the results were overall what I expected. Motor, tranny, brakes, all mechanical is great. Body, furnace, AC, water lines...
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Son of Norway wrote:
Opinions on these forums tend to be weighted towards replacing RV absorption refrigerators with residential AC units. But if you plan on doing a lot of dry camping, I would not recommend it unless you have a large battery bank or even a solar set-up.
The absorption refrigerators can run on gas for days with very little power, that's why they are in RV's. If yours doesn't work, figure out why. It might just be the circuit board. If it's the cooling unit, you can buy a new or rebuilt one without having to buy a new fridge. I changed the cooling unit out on my fridge for a little over $300.
Miles
I haven't picked up the RV yet from the place I had it diagnosed, so I'm not sure what all they tried to determine that it wasn't working, I'll try and figure it out myself.
I'll definitely check out trying to have it rebuilt, but so far what I've heard is that a 37 year old refer has difficult to find parts...unless he's telling me that as a salesman. I have checked Craigslist and found a few parts, and a few used refers although they were too big for my unit.
If worse comes to worse, I'll go with cooler and ice, or look into building one potentially.
Our trip is planned for 6 months, and I need to rebuild a few drawers and re-do some upholstery throughout, if I still have budget room after that I'll weigh my options.
I'll get the RV back on Saturday and hopefully run some diagnostics on Sunday, and repost my findings.
Thanks for all the help everyone!
