Dometic 2652 Cooling Unit Replacement

smkettner wrote:


Nobody is talking compact dorm fridge. More like 18+ Cu Ft fitted in the same space and generally has more interior room along with faster and more consistent cooling.

Search on "residential refrigerator"

*I* am talking about what (atleast)I consider a dorm fridge.

Note, as mentioned in the title, I have a Dometic 2652 here(6 cu ft) in a camper, not a 50+ foot coach with a side by side. The fridges most of the people in the threads linked are talking about are the size of my bathroom, haha.

According to the Dometic manual, my opening is likely somewhere between 53.75 to 54 5/8 tall, 23 11/16 to 24 7/8 wide, and 24 to 26 deep. While alot of the 10 cube dorm fridges will fit the width requirement they are close to 60" tall.

I didn't want this thread to be another residential vs absorption argument, which unfortunately I now see any fridge discussion turns into. I don't have a problem with a 120V only fridge, even the small ones. I have a fridge in my shop to hold beer and water that I picked up for under 200$ from Pep Boys of all places, and that thing has been running 24/7 with no problems for the past 7 years. My only complaint with it is that it not frost free so the freezer is 30% the usable space it should be. But aestetically something like that would look like absolute hell in my camper. I am not interested in cutting up my cabinets and doing trim work to make a cheap fridge look acceptable only to go to sell it down the road and as soon as someone walks in the door they say "WTH is that?"

The reason why I made this post was to inquire where to buy the most decent unit, reman or new, and any other parts I should get while the unit is out. I may as well just get to ordering stuff, because as was mentioned time is money and I am burning time.