Hee Hee Who Was It........?

Try as I might in the last twenty two years I cannot make my compressor refrigerator "board" fail. Tried to make them catch fire, or the cooling unit leak, or do anything but work and came up short.

Like shoes, batteries, appliances, and tools, the stuff that costs the least turns out costing the most.

Do it once - do it right.

I'll harp on the following point.

YOU DO NOT CALCULATE ONLY THE COST OF THE FAILED UNIT TO BE REPLACED! POUND IT INTO YOUR SKULL. How much did the failure REALLY cost you? Ruined vacation? The new replacement? Phone calls? Hassles? Shipping cost? Your gasoline? And most of all your time. Totaled up THAT is the cost of failure.

dougrainer wrote:

valhalla360 wrote:
I'm confused. Gas fridges in an RV forum typically refer to ammonia absorption models that have no Freon.

I think most compressor based (typical of household units) no longer use Freon.

Gas fridges in electric mode aren't that efficient but they typically are only run in electric mode when in a campground with power available so it's not a big concern since electric generally comes with the site. If you try to run them off battery power...it's just silly as the reason for using gas unit is the ability to not use electricity when dry camping.

There is NO difference between 120 ac mode and LP gas mode in cooling. BOTH have almost identical BTU heat output. Doug

Sure but I never suggested otherwise.

Efficiency was in comparison of an ammonia absorption vs a compressor based if both run on electricity. A good compressor based unit will be more efficient but if you are hooked up to shore power which is already included in the cost of your site, most people don't really care.

But if you are away from shorepower, trying to run an absorption fridge off a battery bank and/or solar panels, gets impractical. Even more so in comparison to a compressor based unit.

i think Mexi
was reffering to a post somebody else made
he asked
"who was it"

he did not put it in quotes, because he did not have the post to quote

somebody else made the comment of Freon when saying he had not read/seen any posts about gas fridges

Mexi was asking "who was it" that flubbed up and said that

dougrainer wrote:

valhalla360 wrote:
I'm confused. Gas fridges in an RV forum typically refer to ammonia absorption models that have no Freon.

I think most compressor based (typical of household units) no longer use Freon.

Gas fridges in electric mode aren't that efficient but they typically are only run in electric mode when in a campground with power available so it's not a big concern since electric generally comes with the site. If you try to run them off battery power...it's just silly as the reason for using gas unit is the ability to not use electricity when dry camping.

There is NO difference between 120 ac mode and LP gas mode in cooling. BOTH have almost identical BTU heat output. Doug

I agree. We have ran ours on both depending on where we're camped. Did not find any discernable difference. Fridge and freezer worked fine. And I might add, for ten years so far without a single glitch. ;)

valhalla360 wrote:
I'm confused. Gas fridges in an RV forum typically refer to ammonia absorption models that have no Freon.

I think most compressor based (typical of household units) no longer use Freon.

Gas fridges in electric mode aren't that efficient but they typically are only run in electric mode when in a campground with power available so it's not a big concern since electric generally comes with the site. If you try to run them off battery power...it's just silly as the reason for using gas unit is the ability to not use electricity when dry camping.

There is NO difference between 120 ac mode and LP gas mode in cooling. BOTH have almost identical BTU heat output. Doug

I'm confused. Gas fridges in an RV forum typically refer to ammonia absorption models that have no Freon.

I think most compressor based (typical of household units) no longer use Freon.

Gas fridges in electric mode aren't that efficient but they typically are only run in electric mode when in a campground with power available so it's not a big concern since electric generally comes with the site. If you try to run them off battery power...it's just silly as the reason for using gas unit is the ability to not use electricity when dry camping.

Well Mex, I can give you a complaint about a Gas/Electric RV type absorption cooling unit.. Not very efficientk, uses liek 3 times the electricity a Compressor (They do not use freon any more) fridge uses, and 10 times what my high efficiency compressor freezer uses.. yes 10 times.

That said, does a great job of keeping milk cold.

but then a 1141 uses 10 times the power of a LED replacement as well.