Compressor Refrigerator opt 12v?
Has anyone been using one of these 12v compressor refrigerators? I've heard they are low amp drawing. How are they on the battery?
Forum Discussion
I have a Class C, not a TC, but am interested in how TC owners solve the same problems that owners of other RV types face.
In all of the RV forums the topic of compressor versus absorption refrigerators gets talked about a lot. A big negative to propane absorption units is the necessity of parking with them kept fairly level - that also is a concern for us when camping with our small Class C in the boondocks or for parking anywhere for a few hours when sight-seeing.
There is a simple way for manufacturers or owners to install a power sipping propane absorption refrigerator in a TC such that the TC does not have to be level at all. The method would be especially easy considering the small size refrigerators that TCs use - as opposed to the larger units in other types of RVs.
The trick is to install the small absorption refrigerator in a larger opening than would normally be required so as to be able to mount the absorption refrigerator using a steel or aluminum gimbal mount frame for it - so it is always level no matter how or where the TC is parked. A flex propane line would of course have to be used to feed gas to the refrigerator.
This might raise the purchase price of a TC a bit, but how great it would be to have a refrigerator that used very little electrical power while at the same time not needing the RV to be parked level. Probably the gimbal mechanism would have to be too massive for larger RV propane refrigerators, but it should not be rocket science to work it out for use in a TC rig.
In all of the RV forums the topic of compressor versus absorption refrigerators gets talked about a lot. A big negative to propane absorption units is the necessity of parking with them kept fairly level - that also is a concern for us when camping with our small Class C in the boondocks or for parking anywhere for a few hours when sight-seeing.
There is a simple way for manufacturers or owners to install a power sipping propane absorption refrigerator in a TC such that the TC does not have to be level at all. The method would be especially easy considering the small size refrigerators that TCs use - as opposed to the larger units in other types of RVs.
The trick is to install the small absorption refrigerator in a larger opening than would normally be required so as to be able to mount the absorption refrigerator using a steel or aluminum gimbal mount frame for it - so it is always level no matter how or where the TC is parked. A flex propane line would of course have to be used to feed gas to the refrigerator.
This might raise the purchase price of a TC a bit, but how great it would be to have a refrigerator that used very little electrical power while at the same time not needing the RV to be parked level. Probably the gimbal mechanism would have to be too massive for larger RV propane refrigerators, but it should not be rocket science to work it out for use in a TC rig.
