Residential fridge and dry camping

Ivylog wrote:

Gjac wrote:
I have read these threads with interest for the last 15 years thinking someday my Norcold was going to fail and I would have to replace it with a residential or another propane electric. I dry camp 95% of the time and tried to compare costs going to residential. What I have gleaned from these discussions is that I would have to add 2 more batteries, at least another 100 amp battery charger maybe more if I wanted to reduce generator time, a pure sine wave inverter to run the residential, some solar and all the cabling to keep the 4 6 v GC batteries healthy not sure If I missed anything. My question is what would all this cost vs a new Norcold if one had to pay someone to do all this work?

One advantage of a $1000 Samsung refer is it does not need a PSW inverter because the compressor is DC but it’s 7” taller than a 1200. Both can go through the MIs door with their doors off. I’m planning on 4-5 hours to do this swap for a fellow RVer this weekend. This assumes there will not be much woodwork involved.

I put in a 21 cuft Whirlpool myself that I hoped would fit perfectly (ended up 1/2” to tall)...$500 refer, 2 batteries $300, 1000W PSW inverter $300, 100A charger $250..:$1350. Had to bring it in the drivers window because it is not counter depth. Probably had 10-12 hours labor.

Thanks for the associated costs. If one were to add the solar that others like pianotuna talks about to maintain the batteries, I see folks advocating between 400 - 1000 watts of solar what would those cost be?