Residentail refrigerators in motorhomes
Thinking of replacing our old Dometic refer with a 10 cf residential refrigerator and was wondering if anyone out there has experienced any problems with theirs due the bumping and shaking that occurs...
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RayChez......Just about everything can be overcome with some ingenuity. You don't seem interested in changing refers and I'm glad yours has worked for 10 years. I kept mine running for 8 years and sold it when I removed it because it was still running well.
With that said, I DOUBT you can be happy with the Norcold after driving 5-6 hours on a 100+ degree day or camping in 100+ weather. My Norcold would show that the interior air was 34-36 degrees because I did many things to make mine stay cool, but the food internal temperature was much warmer.
I've done a ton of mods to my coach to make it better and more comfortable. The refer has been the BEST mod I've done in 8 years. Everything is COLD!
Here's how I overcame the battery space. My coach had room for (4) six volt coach batteries and (2) 12 volt engine batteries. Since the 12 volt engine batteries are larger than the six volt batteries, they kept me from adding an additional two six volt batteries (there was only enough room for one).
I welded up a shelf and moved the engine batteries up on the shelf. This opened up enough floor space to add four more batteries. I added two for a total of six. I have room for eight now.
With that said, I DOUBT you can be happy with the Norcold after driving 5-6 hours on a 100+ degree day or camping in 100+ weather. My Norcold would show that the interior air was 34-36 degrees because I did many things to make mine stay cool, but the food internal temperature was much warmer.
I've done a ton of mods to my coach to make it better and more comfortable. The refer has been the BEST mod I've done in 8 years. Everything is COLD!
Here's how I overcame the battery space. My coach had room for (4) six volt coach batteries and (2) 12 volt engine batteries. Since the 12 volt engine batteries are larger than the six volt batteries, they kept me from adding an additional two six volt batteries (there was only enough room for one).
I welded up a shelf and moved the engine batteries up on the shelf. This opened up enough floor space to add four more batteries. I added two for a total of six. I have room for eight now.
