Making Ice Cubes

I have found or 5er fridge will freeze water quickly for cubes. Once frozen store in an ordinary brown paper lunch bag - they will keep for several days - without sticking together.

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The refrigerator capacity is not as high as a electric only refrigerator found at home. Yet there are things you can do to make it run better.

On gas, the BTU input is typically 2,200 Btu's. Electric is normally 300 watts, or around 900 Btu's. So I always change over to gas on days over 90F. Electric works great when it is in the 60's and less. It works "OK" in the 70's and 80's.

Yes the freezer will keep ice cream frozen solid. Yet the refrigerator and freezer are not that great at cooling things down. So best to bring already cold stuff into the refrigerator. It can make ice, yet remember that it takes 144 Btu's to change one pound of water into ice, and that is about the total capacity (in cooling units) of the freezer for a hour. So don't expect it to be a great production machine of ice.

It will keep ice solid frozen.

Good luck!

Fred.

I just use my two ice trays as needed.
I would have a cooler and purchased ice if I threw a party.

Pace yourself on the accessories. Go camping and see what happens. If you really need something for three consecutive trips then by all means get it.

Well my RV fridge freezer section temp is routinely 0 (zero) degrees or colder.

Ice trays work just fine.


Manual defrost.......we usually have to do it 3-4 times a year

JohnG4706 wrote:
Just got my new travel trailer and have seen recommendations from others on getting a countertop portable ice maker.

Will the freezer get cold enough to make ice cubes if I use ice cube trays?

If I bought the portable ice maker or a bag of ice, will the freezer keep the ice cubes from melting?

Does the refrigerator/freezer have a frost free cycle or do you have to manually defrost?

Thanks.

Remember the ice maker is not a freezer. You can't store ice cubes in it. I usually take the cubes that are made and put them in an ice bucket in the freezer.

Yes, the freezer will make ice cubes in trays. It takes a little longer normally, than a home freezer.

Yes, the freezer will keep a bag of ice frozen.

I have yet to see an RV fridge that has a defrost cycle. I have always done it manually.

Think of your RV freezer just like a smaller normal freezer. Ice cream won't stay super hard normally, but adding a coil fan or external fan reduces the temps even more if needed.

A handy item to have is the Accurite wireless fridge/freezer display thermometer found on Amazon.

Hope this helps!