tinner12002 wrote:
I wouldn't purchase one myself, one because I've heard the res frig doesn't hold up well to the transportation part of RVing, two because of the quick battery drain.
So far over the last few years, the only residential fridge complaint in an RV I recall reading on several RV forums was a rant about the lack of shelves in the freezer section on some models. There have been some complaints about the lack of door locks also, but I see that as an installation issue. The compressor in every residential fridge I've ever looked at was shock mounted and could handle the vibrations associated with road travel. Our two batteries easily handle our fridge/inverter setup with just a couple of relatively short generator runs daily when boondocking. Not much different than we ran it even when we had the Norcold fridge. If we boondocked more, I'd install enough solar to handle it. While underway, our alternator is more than capable of keeping up with the battery discharge rate.
