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
There are MANY MORE folks than you that have no problem with a residential fridge in a RV..
For some reason folks like you can't just get the old brain retrained to accept newer modern day technology which is far more energy efficient than the good old fire breathing apparatus called a RV fridge.
Our home fridge can run 24 hrs at a clip on ONE pair of 6V GC batts without the need for recharging. Most folks when boondocking take a gen anyway so really I can not understand this issue. Basically amounts to either running a gen a little longer per day or adding some solar. Neither is impossible to do.
I would not trade my home fridge and go back to the stone age of a RV fridge. My home fridge so far for 5 yrs has been flawless. Cost half the price of a new cooling unit and 1/8 of the cost of a new fridge.
Keeps the food in the fridge section at a nice chilly 34 degrees day and night from outdoor temps of 60 to 100 degrees.
