RV vs residential refrigerator?
We are on the fence about trading out our 10yr old Dometic for a Whirlpool residential refrigerator. Because of space in our floor plan, it looks like the only choice still made that small... It loo...
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Halmfamily wrote:
It's nice to have frozen ice cream and to be able to hold the fridge door open more than five seconds.
I must be doing something wrong. We've had 5 different propane units (including dometic) and always had frozen ice cream. Also don't have a timer for how long the door stays open.
If you are going to be on shorepower and limit travel to short runs, a household unit is viable but I wouldn't count on it being significantly safer and I certainly wouldn't replace a functional existing unit.
If you will be away from shorepower a lot, you can make a residential work but the hassle/cost factor goes up an order of magnitude.
Only real down side is when you first turn the fridge on, it does take a while to cool down.
