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JCat
Explorer III
Dec 01, 2014

Replacing RV fridge with Residential Fridge

My RV fridge has been dead for a week now.
The cooling unit is bad.

I was going to get a Dometic replacement, but the price is $3000 at camping world.

Today I was at Home depot and they had a nice 10 cu ft stainless fridge for $400 on sale, which will fit my current opening in my RV.

So basically I can buy 7 residential fridges for the price of 1 RV fridge, complete nonsense.

Anyway I have a couple of questions about the residential fridge.
1. How does it get secured to the RV during installation ?
2. How can I lock the doors when I travel down the road ?
3. How do I secure the items in the fridge from flying off the their shelves when traveling ? (tension bars)

Thanks for the help.

16 Replies

  • JCat's avatar
    JCat
    Explorer III
    What about child locks anyone ordered a fridge with those so it will stay closed ?
  • JCat's avatar
    JCat
    Explorer III
    I spend most of my time in campgrounds with full hookups.
    When I travel I can run my genny to keep it cool until I arrive.
  • 2oldman wrote:
    How can I run it when I don't have shore power?

    You can put a small inverter behind it 12 volt already there and if you have solaryou are set
  • they also have one on sale for 289.00 that will fit
    on the back fram use a couple 1/4 lag bolts in the front a couple angle brakets.
    Put a d ring at the top and bottom to where you can get to them use a tie down strap to secure for travel
  • Can you repair rather than replace? This is a video showing how to replace a faulty heating element if that happens to be your trouble.... Youtube Link

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