Residential fridge pros/cons
We are in the process of ordering a fifth wheel. The model we are looking at features an upgraded/larger residential fridge. I anticipate that most camp sites that we will visit will be within a few...
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Veebyes wrote:
I don't know where thos fear comes from that if a fridge is off for a few hours everything is going to defrost.
Not going to happen.
Leave the doors closed & it can go many hours before anything will even begin to thaw.
Using a residential fridge is an interesting thought. They are much cheaper. How will they stand up to the fulltime traveler with a few days here & a few days there getting bounced around like they never do in a house plus getting the constant cycles of being on then off then on again? This is not a life that they were designed for.
Having an inverter sounds like a plan. Run it 100% of the time off the inverter so that there ia no power interuption. That needs an inverter big enough to handle the surges of the fridge as its compressor kicks in. It also needs a battery bank large enough to supply the inverter when not on shore power & not getting charged while in transit or dry camping.
There is more to it than a simple 'lets install a residential fridge'.
I understand the most popular residential reefer is a Samsung ,they apparently will warranty RV use.
