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stevemorris
Explorer
Feb 01, 2019

Fridge, new house fridge vs rebuild old rv fridge

our 15 yr old dometic is working reasonably well, but thinking ahead!! rebuild it or replace it with an inexpensive house fridge which of course is 120 vac only. rv fridge is in great shape cosmetic...
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DrewE
Explorer III
Feb 01, 2019
midnightsadie wrote:
it ain,t broke ,I,d leave it alone.


x2 on this. Your fridge is working fine and fits your usage scenario. There is no reason whatever to replace or repair it. With care, it ought to last quite a bit longer...there's nothing inherent in an absorption fridge that "wears out" (corrosion and off-level usage being the main killers).

My ca. 20 year old Dometic RV fridge works very nicely still...excepting the inside light, the door switch for which is a bit flakey.

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