Replace Norcold with residential fridge
We have a one-year old Big Horn fiver with a Norcold 1210IM fridge which has been giving us cooling problems (still under warranty and dealing with Norcold not a pleasure). Am seriously considering r...
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doughere wrote:
If you put a residential refrigerator in, there are many like myself who wouldn't consider buying your unit (maybe consider it at a very deep discount). We dry camp often, and a residential refrigerator would be a deal-breaker
Doug
I think this is a possibility, but there are also those of us who would consider a Norcold fridge a liability and would be building in the cost of changing it out as soon as we got it. We are avid dry campers and having a residential fridge hasn't changed that. We do have solar and a robust battery bank which is all part of a proper residential install. I would guess that within a decade most large fivers and motorhomes will be available with RV absorption type fridges as special order only.
JMHO
