Question about our refrigerator

you have over 4000 posts avg of more than 2 per day

its very odd that you have never read any of the 'residential electric fridge' threads

or that many RV's now come that way from the factory and have for a number of years

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

jauguston wrote:
Turtle and Peeps,

All electric class A motorhomes are quite common now. If your RV use is from one power post to the next power post they are fine. If you intend on camping off-grid (boondocking) they are not a very good choice.

Jim

Never heard of that. I have seen 2 way and 3 way but never 2 way with electric only. Thanks for the info.

thank you so much, Steve. That frig info was very helpful. we don't boondock ...new term for me...much but once in awhile
we find ourselves in a state park or walmart!

poncho62 wrote:
What make and model is this Class A that MAY NOT be properly equipped?

Look at his profile.

There are things you can do to make your refrigerator more efficient. The goal is to preserve the cold by preventing the dissipation of cold air. The best way to do that is to keep your freezer as full as possible. Air is a very poor insulator. Remove as much air as possible and replace it with something that conserves cold.

We keep about a dozen 1/2 gallon jugs. (We use old Safeway Salsa jugs because they are rectangular and pack well.) When connected to shore power, freeze jugs of water. Remember that water expands when frozen, so leave about 1" when filling them with water and leave the lid off. After frozen, put the lid on and fill empty spaces at the back and bottom of your freezer. Of course, once they have the lid on they can be placed in any position; they don't have to stand up straight.

If we know we are going to be off power for a few days, we also fill up empty space in the refrigerator with as many ice jugs as we can. Basically we turn the whole thing into a huge ice chest. I think there are times we've gone for at least a couple days without the compressor kicking on.

Another advantage is we always have about 6 gallons of emergency water in those jugs (after they thaw) in case we need it. It wouldn't be my first choice for drinking, but could certainly be used for washing dishes, etc.

poncho62 wrote:
What make and model is this Class A that MAY NOT be properly equipped?

Ok so as I just said it is and has an inverter and generator.

KD4UPL wrote:
Running a generator all the time is quite noisy and prohibited in a lot of campgrounds that have generator hours.
You could run it enough to cool the fridge down and then go for several hours and start it again to cool the fridge again. I would find this very annoying if I was trying to relax camping. If a gen. is all you have I would absolutely add an inverter and suitable battery bank.

Hmm I thought I posted a thank you with a note that we realized that we have an inverter. So it seems that is used first and then the generator kicks on and the inverted gets charged and on and on and on.

Old-Biscuit wrote:
pedestal, generator, inverter provides the 110V AC power)

Wouldn't that make it a 3-way? hahahahahaha

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

jauguston wrote:
Turtle and Peeps,

All electric class A motorhomes are quite common now. If your RV use is from one power post to the next power post they are fine. If you intend on camping off-grid (boondocking) they are not a very good choice.

Jim

Never heard of that. I have seen 2 way and 3 way but never 2 way with electric only. Thanks for the info.

It's not a 2 way with electric only....it's a residential fridge (compressor) that is 1 way..........110V AC Only (pedestal, generator, inverter provides the 110V AC power)

jauguston wrote:
Turtle and Peeps,

All electric class A motorhomes are quite common now. If your RV use is from one power post to the next power post they are fine. If you intend on camping off-grid (boondocking) they are not a very good choice.

Jim

Never heard of that. I have seen 2 way and 3 way but never 2 way with electric only. Thanks for the info.

Turtle and Peeps,

All electric class A motorhomes are quite common now. If your RV use is from one power post to the next power post they are fine. If you intend on camping off-grid (boondocking) they are not a very good choice.

Jim