I am investigating again the 12 volt option. I am sure these new models that nova kool have, are skinnier than before. Check this one out, it appears that it will easily fit in my old fridge spot and easily fit through the Truck Camper door. I need the Cubic Feet as we have six kids and six grand kids and more coming. When ever we are around we bring lots of food. My wife loves cooking etc. this link is suppose to say skinny 12 volt fridge.Skinny 125 volt fridgeCheck out there models at this website. Their website. and I do not have anything to do with them other than love their skinny refrigerators. One other question. Do you think the venting requirements would be meant by the existing venting for the propane unit. I am thinking yes. Am I wrong?What do you all think. ThanksDave

dave17352 wrote:I am investigating again the 12 volt option. I am sure these new models that nova kool have, are skinnier than before. Check this one out, it appears that it will easily fit in my old fridge spot and easily fit through the Truck Camper door. I need the Cubic Feet as we have six kids and six grand kids and more coming. When ever we are around we bring lots of food. My wife loves cooking etc. this link is suppose to say skinny 12 volt fridge.Skinny 125 volt fridgeCheck out there models at this website. Their website. and I do not have anything to do with them other than love their skinny refrigerators. One other question. Do you think the venting requirements would be meant by the existing venting for the propane unit. I am thinking yes. Am I wrong?What do you all think. ThanksDaveDave, before I when with a compressor refrigerator I looked for one that would fit through my camper door and fit within the cabinet space that my existing refrigerator occupied To make installation as easy as possible. As far as using exiting venting,it's worked fine for me since 2013.There are several TC owners that have already go to a 12Vdc compressor refrigerator just on this forum.

I tried a DC compressor fridge once and it did not work well for me because it ran continuously. I think the problem was the fan and area was set up so that most of the air the fan moved was just circulating and I wasn't getting enough draft through the original vents to keep the efficiency up.That was several years ago and I'm thinking about trying again this time doing things a bit different. The main thing will be that I will add baffles so the fan also forces the air flow through the compartment. If that isn't possible, will add a temperature controlled secondary fan to force air through the compartment. Or a combination of the two. By keeping the air cooler, it will increase the efficiency which will reduce run time.

question ,won,t a 12v unit eat up a lot amps? I think it would run a battery down real quick. if boone docking.

question ,won,t a 12v unit eat up a lot amps? I think it would run a battery down real quick. if boone dockingFor a small 4 cu ft fridge with ambient temperature about 70*, the fridge will use about 20-25 A/hr per day. This is very doable if you have two batteries and at lest 100 watt of solar power.The solar power or generator and two batteries is the minimum you should have if you plan on dry camping with a DC compressor fridge.

c.traveler2Have you used yours in the summer heat? Also, your the one that got me thinking this about this again. I watched you video on your install. I am looking at 8220 and it actually vents all on the inside. Top and bottom. On that one it might be better to seal the out side vents. I am going to give them a call and check it out. Dave

12 volt refrigerator nova cool skinny big fridge's

midnightsadie
Explorer II
Feb 16, 2016
question ,won,t a 12v unit eat up a lot amps? I think it would run a battery down real quick. if boone docking.
kohldad
Explorer III
Feb 16, 2016
I tried a DC compressor fridge once and it did not work well for me because it ran continuously. I think the problem was the fan and area was set up so that most of the air the fan moved was just circulating and I wasn't getting enough draft through the original vents to keep the efficiency up.

That was several years ago and I'm thinking about trying again this time doing things a bit different. The main thing will be that I will add baffles so the fan also forces the air flow through the compartment. If that isn't possible, will add a temperature controlled secondary fan to force air through the compartment. Or a combination of the two. By keeping the air cooler, it will increase the efficiency which will reduce run time.
c_traveler2
Nomad
Feb 16, 2016
dave17352 wrote:
I am investigating again the 12 volt option. I am sure these new models that nova kool have, are skinnier than before. Check this one out, it appears that it will easily fit in my old fridge spot and easily fit through the Truck Camper door. I need the Cubic Feet as we have six kids and six grand kids and more coming. When ever we are around we bring lots of food. My wife loves cooking etc.

this link is suppose to say skinny 12 volt fridge.

Skinny 125 volt fridge

Check out there models at this website.

Their website.

and I do not have anything to do with them other than love their skinny refrigerators.

One other question. Do you think the venting requirements would be meant by the existing venting for the propane unit. I am thinking yes. Am I wrong?

What do you all think.

Thanks
Dave

Dave, before I when with a compressor refrigerator I looked for one that would fit through my camper door and fit within the cabinet space that my existing refrigerator occupied To make installation as easy as possible. As far as using exiting venting,it's worked fine for me since 2013.
There are several TC owners that have already go to a 12Vdc compressor refrigerator just on this forum.

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