Would you buy a used coach with residential refrigerator?

[Marv_Hoag]

If you were looking for a used coach, would you consider one with a residential refrigerator, or would you prefer something like a Norcold 1200 RV type?

[Mooshaker]

Just purchased an Allegro Bus with Residential Refrigerator about 2 months ago. My first Residential Ref. I would not go back to the old style. The Res. Ref. keeps the temperature you want regardless of outdoor temp. Does not have to be level to work properly. Our has lots of room to store you food.

I remember how much improvement a DP was over a gas when I purchased my first DP. The change to a Res. Ref. is about as drastic of a change to the better.

I do agree with others, I would be concerned if it was not a factory install.

[Louandsal]

I paid $1499 for a 19 cf LG stainless steel with French doors, that included taxes and shipping. I paid $600 to have the Norcold taken out and the LG installed. They both fit through the front door. It runs off a MSW inverter and keeps a constant temperature while traveling. Even without running the inverter, it will stay cold for many hours.

[John___Angela]

kidkasha wrote:
What is the coat range for a res refrig w/ installation??

Throw about 3500 bucks at it including fridge, sine wave inverter, couple of 160 watt solar panels a couple of extra batteries and install call it done. Or a little less than a whole new Norcold or Dometic. If you already have the inverter obviously a little less. Some of the residentials seem to run fine on the MSW inverters as well. If you don't dry camp then you can nix the cost of the extra batteries and the solar. We dry camp a lot so the extra battery and solar capacity was worth it.

[wny_pat1]

A Samsung residential fridge - yes, but a Norcold residential fridge - no way! In fact, I go with most any residential fridge out there provided it will run on a modified sine wave inverter and I could disable the automatic defroster.

[gatorcq]

Link to our residential refrigerator change out

Press Here

And yes we still boon-dock and we do not have to run the generator overnight. The refrig draws about 5amps average per hour.

[bfast54]

With that norcold fridge......I would not touch the rv till they swapped the fridge for newer Dometic,or Housetype. Fridge.......should have your answer by now..

[kidkasha]

What is the coat range for a res refrig w/ installation??

[The_Texan]

Luna C wrote:
how hard is it to get the residential fridge in.......i.e. through the coach's door......even in a house it is sometimes difficult
we would prefer to have one

Very easy in my coach, 2 ways, take your pick. Take the doors off the fridge and it will come in through the entry door, or remove the drivers side window and it will easily slide in over the steering wheel.

[Luna_C]

how hard is it to get the residential fridge in.......i.e. through the coach's door......even in a house it is sometimes difficult
we would prefer to have one

[rk911]

Marv Hoag wrote:
If you were looking for a used coach, would you consider one with a residential refrigerator, or would you prefer something like a Norcold 1200 RV type?

if you had asked this question several years ago I would've said...no friggin' way. but now, yes, we would consider it. we don't boondock anymore and it is rare for us to overnight at wally or other places. add to that the sage of the norcold 1200 and i'm just tired of dealing with our norcold n8xx series. it works about as well as you can expect but i'm just tired of worrying about it. so yes, we'd consider a residential style fridge next time around.

[kjbkjb]

A residential refrigerator will also provide a much more constant temperature than a gas/electric RV refrigerator. I plan to order a 2014 Allegro and I’m happy to see a residential refrigerator offered as a new option for 2014.

[jerseyjim]

So...the bottom line seems to be that if the motorhome is ORIGINALLY set up for a residential fridge...no problems.

A conversion? Better know what you're doing.

Interesting thread.

[slemnah]

The 2005 Panther I am picking up next week has 8 house batteries, a solar panel, a 3000w invertor and a residential fridge. I can't wait to be able to sleep at night without having to worry about a Motorhome fire because of the fridge. One of the main reasons I am purchasing this particular Motorhome.
Steve 2005 Panther

[DSDP_Don]

Marv....I know why you're asking...pull the trigger and do it. You'll love it! I just installed mine last month and it's the best thing I ever did. Even my frugal brother-in-law decided to do it. We just finished his install in a 2004 Itasca Meridian. It was easier than mine. The Samsung is a nice refer, looks great and has plenty of room with an ice maker.