Residentail refrigerators in motorhomes

Jagtech wrote:
Instead of a standard residential fridge, has anyone considered a 12 volt compressor-type truck fridge? They draw only about 6 amps.

12 volt fridges

Excellent info. Thanks for the link. When our little C's 6 cubic foot dometic packs it in I think we just found the replacement.

Thanks again.

Instead of a standard residential fridge, has anyone considered a 12 volt compressor-type truck fridge? They draw only about 6 amps.

12 volt fridges

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http://www.moenracing.com/samsung/

Well I have been having problems with my Not-So-Cold so I ordered my 197 Samsung from Best Buy while on sale,$420 off will take a month to get plus I just ordered today the Magnum 2812 pure sine wave inverter and the ME-RC50 Remote all with Free Shipping. Doing it right the first time may cost less down the road.
This is what the switch looks like in a Country Coach
Samsung Refrigerator Install
http://www.moenracing.com/samsung/
JR

just put an 18.3 ctf in my motor home 2 months ago. best thing I did.

Depending on the space you have, you might put in a small to medium size residential fridge (forced air, self defrosting cycles, etc) or a commercial compressor fridge like those made for hotel rooms, which usually use less power, not having the defrost cycles, but fit the spaces better and often have the condenser coils on the back, where the air flow that worked for the chimney of the RV fridge serves to take the heat away.

RV manufacturers have lately been installing compressor models made for their purpose, sizes and power requirements somewhere between residential models and the commercial hotel fridges.

I stand corrected, I was told that by someone who owned a residential fridge so believed it. Maybe she did not have the batteries or inverter power you do, not sure but I stand corrected.

John S. wrote:
i have three batteries. My coach charges them as I run down the road and I can stop and spend the night boondocking with no issues. I have not had to upgrade my inverter either. In fact I use less energy with my residential than I did with my propane fridge. It has a 12 volt requirement and it would be too and the ice maker used much more power. I have not had to shut anything off and it is just there. It is not always the amount of food but the type and the freezing and even cooling and the fact it is so much better than the old Dometic, I wish I had done it years ago.

They are standard now on all Foretravels and nobody has had an issue with them so far. I think that the trailer guys do not understand fully how much power is in a coach and the easy with which we can tap it. I will be taking out my propane stove next for an induction stove and removing the propane all together. DO not need it at all.

LOL! You say you have only three batteries, BUT! I bet they are not U-2200's on a ForeTravel. I bet you have real big batteries.

RVER you are dead wrong,my fridge runs on 2 12v deep cycles w/1000w MSW inverter,run the gen 2hrs in both the am & pm,no problem in 4 years,you make your own decision,the rest will sleep well not worrying about a Norcrap fire

i have three batteries. My coach charges them as I run down the road and I can stop and spend the night boondocking with no issues. I have not had to upgrade my inverter either. In fact I use less energy with my residential than I did with my propane fridge. It has a 12 volt requirement and it would be too and the ice maker used much more power. I have not had to shut anything off and it is just there. It is not always the amount of food but the type and the freezing and even cooling and the fact it is so much better than the old Dometic, I wish I had done it years ago.

They are standard now on all Foretravels and nobody has had an issue with them so far. I think that the trailer guys do not understand fully how much power is in a coach and the easy with which we can tap it. I will be taking out my propane stove next for an induction stove and removing the propane all together. DO not need it at all.