Refrigerator and/or sink and/or range in slide?

Eight years and no problems except fan failure once. Easy fix. And they DO NOT draw much current.

There are propane powered buses with propane lines. Present day plastic plumbing is robust and we have not had one issue.

If you like the floor plan, and the wife really likes it, buy it.

D-C-Johnson wrote:
our concern is the movement of gas and water lines. Is this a major turn and run or something that we shouldn't be turned away by?

Again, it's no problem.

I have the same issue, we are looking at purchasing very soon and one of the TT we like is a Coachmen Apex 288BHS Summit and it has the oven/range and sink in the slide, I really like the size, weight and the wife likes the layout but our concern is the movement of gas and water lines. Is this a major turn and run or something that we shouldn't be turned away by?

You are poo-poo'ing well known fixes for better known problems. The NORCOLD 1200 does have fans, but because of improper manufacturer installation and venting, a well placed fan an make the fridge run far better than the OEM fans. So why not? One well placed fan can save a thousand bux in new cooling units, not to mention replacement food and additional LP trying to make cold. Again, with all these improvements, 100ma to run a fan is chump change. So why not?

As far as LP, water, Drain, etc., there are flexible trallies that have been used in robotics assembly plants for 50 years that are now being used for those hoses and there are no more problems.

Or buy a fixed kitchen

Usually there is a fan already behind the fridge in side vented installations. I don't like the waste of battery power to run the fan when dry camping.

Our trailer has sink,stove and fridge in the slide and no problems so far. We use the trailer about five months per year and this is the 5th season. Typically we visit 30 to 40 campsites per winter so the slide is oved often.

Pretty happy with my tv/stereo/fireplace/fridge/stove/oven in the big slide. No issues yet but in a really hot setting...I would think a 12v fan would help the efficiency of the fridge venting. For sure keep an eye on the wires/LP lines under the slide for debris and the mechanisms that support them. I have heard of the brackets failing or not scissoring closed right.

Daryll

14 years, no problems.

Flexible propane lines are used when the fridge is in the slide. No problems with mine.

My fridge vent has a fan in it already