110v Residential fridge install

Almot wrote:
I didn't mean "100% American". I meant unknown Chinese brands that you see in big box stores among more-less known international brands. They come and go. Unknown parts, unknown compressors.

Among "big brands" the energy numbers are still high, and are all over the board, from 300 to 450 KWH a year for 9cf fridge. With "low" 300 KWH it means 80 AH a day including inverter, or 120 AH with other trailer loads, for a conservative user. This means daily generator run, even if you don't need A/C. Will it really be 2 times more efficient than the nameplate says? Don't know. Nobody measured daily AH, only Westend did, in a smaller fridge. I think I'll wait until this picture clears up. Or until I get unlimited power supply, i.e. 120V grid, on the camp.

Name brands ARE "using" Chinese compressors and many other major components. Name brands now days means nothing, the last real American "manufacturer/brand" was Maytag, alas it is no longer and is now part of GE/Whirlpool..

Pretty much ALL major "white" appliances are built either outside the US or final assembled in the us using nearly 100% foreign parts.

To put this a little closer into perspective, my Fridge is a Haier brand but yet you CAN find the EXACT same fridge in Whirlpool, Magic Chef, GE, and many other "brands.. I have personally looked at many of those "brands" and the inside is the same.

I am not sure as to why your "beef" but the compressors ARE pretty darn reliable.

The problem that you will most likely run into is a leak in the tubing somewhere. That is what I run into with Dehumidifiers in my sticks and bricks. I HAVE owned EVERY MAJOR AND MINOR "brands" of dehumidifiers over the last 25 yrs (I average 2yrs for each dehumidifier), you would be shocked to know that only a couple of companies actually build dehumidifiers IN THE WORLD. NONE of them are in the States! The major brand names simply stick their name on them..

The major issue is the dehumidifiers losing freon, the compressor runs but without freon it is worthless..

As much as I would love to buy all American built items, I am a realistic person and realize that those days are long gone. Sometimes you have to just move along and not get stuck on the brands..

Just because it has a major well "known" American name brand emblazoned on the front does not mean it is not made in China!

The way I see it, my Chinese built fridge cost me $300, so far it now has been used for 7 camping seasons. It owes me nothing, I figured I could buy almost SIX of these fridges for what it would have cost for ONE RV fridge!

I could afford to replace the cheap fridge every TWO YEARS and STILL BE AHEAD (that would be 12yrs if you are keeping track). But at the rate I am going at 7years so far my cheap fridge has gone past my expectations. Heck at 7yrs I could go 42 YEARS with SIX home fridges! Not many people are going to keep their RV for 42 years..

Yeah it would kind of stink to have to change em out but hey it is only a little work since they hard work was already done for fitting it in.. :B

The upside is I can replace a home fridge nearly anywhere I go without needing to visit and order from a RV dealer..