RV Residential Refrigerators
The class A group probably has more experience with this, since the Resi-refers are just now coming to the trailer industry. I am wondering if there are any consistent problems with having this type o...
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Complain, complain, that is all I read in this forum. The same posters over and over complaining about the Norcold 1200 LRIM. I have had mine since April of 2003 when I bought my coach new and so far I have not had any problems with it. Inside the fridge it stays at 38 degrees and on the side by side freezers it is so cold that ice cream is hard. So I can not complain about the Norcold.
Now my comment about residential refrigerators is that they are just fine if you stay in a resort where they have full hookups all the time. Some claim that they are much bigger. WELL! they can not be much bigger because where are you going to fit it. The hole where the Norcold fits is only so big, so common sense tells me if you replace it with a residential fridge it has to measure pretty much the same, unless you have it sticking out like a sore thumb. Now these real big new coaches most already come with the residential refrigerator, but they also come with eight or more batteries which is added expense when you have to replace eight batteries at a minimum of $150.00 a piece or even more. I believe I read one of Mr Marks posts where he stated two of his batteries cost 25K each ION batteries I believe. How would you like to buy a couple of them babies.
I think I would definitely install solar panels if I had a residential fridge to keep the batteries charged.
Now my comment about residential refrigerators is that they are just fine if you stay in a resort where they have full hookups all the time. Some claim that they are much bigger. WELL! they can not be much bigger because where are you going to fit it. The hole where the Norcold fits is only so big, so common sense tells me if you replace it with a residential fridge it has to measure pretty much the same, unless you have it sticking out like a sore thumb. Now these real big new coaches most already come with the residential refrigerator, but they also come with eight or more batteries which is added expense when you have to replace eight batteries at a minimum of $150.00 a piece or even more. I believe I read one of Mr Marks posts where he stated two of his batteries cost 25K each ION batteries I believe. How would you like to buy a couple of them babies.
I think I would definitely install solar panels if I had a residential fridge to keep the batteries charged.
