Broke refrigerator

[chester490]

Our Norcold frig went out. After having it worked on several times, we have decided, we would like to replace it with a residential frig. However, our door is 24 inches wide and i am having a problem finding a frig that will fit through the door. They are all mostly 3/8" too wide. I was told that it could be brought through the windshield, but the repair facility we usually do business with said that would run 600-1000 dollars! I have found a Haier brand frig, that has a depth of 23 inches. It looks like it would be perfect. My worry is that I read several bad reviews about the quality of this frig. Does anyone out there have one of these or know anything about the durability of them? I very much appreciate any info anyone can share with me. Thanks

[Ivylog]

There are thousands of residential refrigerators bouncing down the road without any problems. I took the drivers side window out to get my 21 cuft Whirlpool refrigerator in which only uses 96Watts when running. That's less than 1 amp AC or 8 amps DC measured before the inverter...not going to find any more efficient than that. Yes, it needs two of its own batteries for boondocking. I added a 100A charger so my generator time has actually reduced when boondocking.

[naturist]

MrWizard wrote:
X2 doors come off easy, made to be reversible,
just take the doors off

anybody with 'any' mechanical ability, can remove screws and remove a window and put it back
it doesn't take a $1000 service job to take out a window and lift a fridge in
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Windshields, however, are not held in with screws. They are glued in and it's not so simple to remove and replace one.

[sch911]

jerseyjim wrote:
J plus....the electric goes out...whattaya' do with an "residential" unit?

That's why they're called "residential".

No problem! They run on an inverter. Which runs on batteries. In most cases can go several hours.

[jerseyjim]

Junk the Norcold, get a Dometic. Easy in, easy out. Stay with the gas/electric units designed for the bouncing around of an rv, plus....the electric goes out...whattaya' do with an "residential" unit?

That's why they're called "residential".

[MrWizard]

X2 doors come off easy, made to be reversible,
just take the doors off

anybody with 'any' mechanical ability, can remove screws and remove a window and put it back
it doesn't take a $1000 service job to take out a window and lift a fridge in

assuming your not talking about a french door fridge with a bottom freezer and 30cuft of storage

i took out a Norcold and but in an Avanti 7.5 cuft residential fridge
with one friend helping me do the lifting,
out and in, through the front 'bus style' door, and i'm a little guy and he was just avg, at the time i was 62 and he was 59, i'll be 70 next month, and could still do it if i had too,
i did all the wiring and prep work myself

did not need to remove the dining room window
although i would have,
i have removed and resealed windows in other Rv's

[rk911]

chester490 wrote:
Our Norcold frig went out. After having it worked on several times, we have decided, we would like to replace it with a residential frig. However, our door is 24 inches wide and i am having a problem finding a frig that will fit through the door. They are all mostly 3/8" too wide. I was told that it could be brought through the windshield, but the repair facility we usually do business with said that would run 600-1000 dollars! I have found a Haier brand frig, that has a depth of 23 inches. It looks like it would be perfect. My worry is that I read several bad reviews about the quality of this frig. Does anyone out there have one of these or know anything about the durability of them? I very much appreciate any info anyone can share with me. Thanks

what if you took the door(s) off of the res fridge and turned it sideways to get in thru the door?

[SidecarFlip]

Not sure about the fridge but we have a Haier window ac unit in our bedroom that is at least 12 years old and keep on ticking.

If it was me, I'd get an RV compressor fridge and be done with it. Residential fridges aren't built for going down the road. A compressor fridge is a residential fridge with proper shockproofing and a compressor fridge draws a lot less amps than a residential fridge. It's a designed for RV unit.