ARP Refrigerator Protection
Have any of you installed an ARP Refrigerator Control? If so, are you satisfied with it? Is it effective? Mike Scheer
Forum Discussion
I added the ARP controller along with a thermistor replacement ("Snip The Tip") and fans both interior and exterior.
I can't say which improvement specifically helped but overall I couldn't be happier with the result. In almost any weather the fridge is around 34 to 38 degrees and the freezer is anywhere between 6 and 11 degrees.
The thing I like the most is that it controls the fans so they're not running constantly, especially in cold weather. Also I had an unrelated fridge issue right after installing the ARP and my email inquiry to the owners was returned immediately.
I would like to have gotten the data logging version but we are an Apple-based house, so, no. That said, it would not surprise me if it did do a shutdown, as it is supposed to, during a long climb/decline in Colorado. I absentmindedly had left the fridge on in propane mode and it wasn't until I got to the campsite that I saw that the unit had been running all day. We were either way, way lucky or the ARP did it's job.
Further, our stock fridge routinely got too warm or too cold. Either way we were seeing ruined food. Since the upgrades, we've had no issues at all.
I can't say which improvement specifically helped but overall I couldn't be happier with the result. In almost any weather the fridge is around 34 to 38 degrees and the freezer is anywhere between 6 and 11 degrees.
The thing I like the most is that it controls the fans so they're not running constantly, especially in cold weather. Also I had an unrelated fridge issue right after installing the ARP and my email inquiry to the owners was returned immediately.
I would like to have gotten the data logging version but we are an Apple-based house, so, no. That said, it would not surprise me if it did do a shutdown, as it is supposed to, during a long climb/decline in Colorado. I absentmindedly had left the fridge on in propane mode and it wasn't until I got to the campsite that I saw that the unit had been running all day. We were either way, way lucky or the ARP did it's job.
Further, our stock fridge routinely got too warm or too cold. Either way we were seeing ruined food. Since the upgrades, we've had no issues at all.
