House Refrigerator VS RV Refrigerator
Been looking at new 5th wheel trailers about half coming with house refrigerator (110 volt only) and the other half coming with large RV refrigerator (propane, 110 volt). Not sure if going with a h...
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RV fridge takes forever to get cooled. We usually turned it on at least 5 days before the trip.
Rv fridge always have trouble keeping up on hotter days.
RV fridge has many accessories fans to make them cool better.
RV fridge can run on propane for dry camping.
RV fridge very dangerous, lots of fires.
Generally smallish.
Our new Residential fridge.
Cools rapidly, we turn it on the morning of our trip.
MUCH colder then RV fridge
Much larger capacity. Tons more ice.
Cheaper to replace.
Usually comes with inverter, batteries and solar panel to support fridge.
Not so great for boon docking, but doable.
We don't have to run the generator while we drive. The inverter handles it from the alternator. We've tested it not running with the inverter in 100 degrees plus in the campground. Left it for 6 hours and it was still cold when we got back to it.
We'd never go back to a RV fridge. I was really tired of soft ice cream and cool beverages.
Rv fridge always have trouble keeping up on hotter days.
RV fridge has many accessories fans to make them cool better.
RV fridge can run on propane for dry camping.
RV fridge very dangerous, lots of fires.
Generally smallish.
Our new Residential fridge.
Cools rapidly, we turn it on the morning of our trip.
MUCH colder then RV fridge
Much larger capacity. Tons more ice.
Cheaper to replace.
Usually comes with inverter, batteries and solar panel to support fridge.
Not so great for boon docking, but doable.
We don't have to run the generator while we drive. The inverter handles it from the alternator. We've tested it not running with the inverter in 100 degrees plus in the campground. Left it for 6 hours and it was still cold when we got back to it.
We'd never go back to a RV fridge. I was really tired of soft ice cream and cool beverages.
