Traveling with a Residential Fridge?
So we currently have an RV fridge that runs on propane when we are traveling. A lot of the new RV's offer the residential style fridge or the RV style. My questions: How do you keep the residenti...
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We swapped out our 6 cu ft Dometic for a 10 cu ft Magic Chef Residential from Home Depot. Great improvement in size but I did have to move the bottom opening down a few inches.
It was our intention to leave the TT sitting in a RV Park in FL year round so I was only concerned with the trip down from MD. So I did these tests (we’ve always had wireless temp monitors in the freezer and the refrigerator):
1) Turned the empty refrigerator off. Refrigerator/freezer temps were unacceptable after about 3 hours.
2) Froze water in 3 containers. Put 2 in freezer and 1 in refrigerator. Decent temps for about 6 hours.
3) Filled the refrigerator and freezer with everything we wanted to take in addition to the 3 frozen containers above. Decent temps for 8 hours when I quit testing.
In reality, by the time we unplugged, drove and plugged back in it was 10 hours w/o power and everything was fine. We made a few more stops ranging from 2 to 5 hours unplugged on the way to our destination and all was fine.
While in Fl, we found/bought an older stationary 40’ 5th wheel (with a residential fridge already swapped into it) after 5 months and have now sold the TT. The larger unit makes a real difference.
I hope this helps you
Norman
It was our intention to leave the TT sitting in a RV Park in FL year round so I was only concerned with the trip down from MD. So I did these tests (we’ve always had wireless temp monitors in the freezer and the refrigerator):
1) Turned the empty refrigerator off. Refrigerator/freezer temps were unacceptable after about 3 hours.
2) Froze water in 3 containers. Put 2 in freezer and 1 in refrigerator. Decent temps for about 6 hours.
3) Filled the refrigerator and freezer with everything we wanted to take in addition to the 3 frozen containers above. Decent temps for 8 hours when I quit testing.
In reality, by the time we unplugged, drove and plugged back in it was 10 hours w/o power and everything was fine. We made a few more stops ranging from 2 to 5 hours unplugged on the way to our destination and all was fine.
While in Fl, we found/bought an older stationary 40’ 5th wheel (with a residential fridge already swapped into it) after 5 months and have now sold the TT. The larger unit makes a real difference.
I hope this helps you
Norman
