Running the fridge for 2 days off level?

SoundGuy wrote:

SidecarFlip wrote:
Of course simple answer is a duty cycle compressor fridge. Don't have to be concerned with a pressurized system. Can operate at peak efficient at up to 30 degrees out of level.

No temperature swings and not impacted by high ambient termps either. You set it for say 40 in the box, it stays at 40. What a concept.

This past weekend we camped with one of my nieces and her husband who last year bought a brand new Mercedes high roof Sprinter cargo van and converted it himself to a Class B camper, including a Dometic compressor cooler / freezer. It's a fairly large model that sits like a cooler so I'm thinking it's probably a Dometic CFX 65W or one similar. They've already done multiple trips with this rig, including a trip from here in Ontario out to British Columbia & back, and he's totally satisfied with the performance of this cooler which also has a freezer section. I did note that when he parked on his campsite he paid no attention to leveling the rig ... he literally parked and that was their "setup" ... sweet. :B

My 'Cool Box' Dometic resides on the backseat of my truck. It's fantastic. Nice thing about a compressor fridge is the initial cost of the unit is less than the cost of an ammonia fridge replacement cooling unit so if your cooling unit is shot due to blockage, it's cheaper to replace it with a drop in compressor fridge and you'll be happy. Keep in mind that a compressor (Secop) fridge and a residential compressor fridge are 2 entirely different animals. A compressor fridge works on the same principle (pressurized refrigerant) but the compressor is 'smart', that is, the compressor 'adjusts' itself to load, whereas a residential unit, the compressor is 'dumb' and just runs at 100% all the time. Secop units are very efficient and draw little power. Not so with a residential unit.