Gas or Electric (residential) Refrigerator?
Six months ago we were in a head on accident that destroyed our RV and despite still being shell shocked we're now considering having a new one built to our specs. The last 3 trips in the old Bea...
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timmac wrote:John & Angela wrote:Stefonius wrote:
I will NEVER buy an RV without an LPG fridge. Not only do we boondock at times, but I like the convenience of being able to cool the refrigerator a day in advance of a trip while the fifth wheel is parked in a lot without electricity.
Being forcibly tied to utilities for basic functionality isn't what RVing is about in my opinion.
Although those are valid reasons, a robust solar system (now a days cheap) will allow pre-cooling of your fridge. And with a residential fridge you only need to pre-cool and hour before.
But why use up the solar/batt power for the fridg, the solar should be for other issues and not drained daily by the fridg.
Dry camping works best with a 2 way or 3 way fridg.
Well, everyone has different needs and tastes but for us the sheer performance of a residential far exceeds any propane RV fridge. Solar is so cheap that putting 600 or 800 watts on the roof more than justifies the added performance and space in a residential. We dry camp as well. Although we do run our genny an hour or so a day it is not the fridge that requires that but rather TV, Toaster, Computer, Microwave, Instant hot beverage water etc etc etc. We are power hogs in general so we tend to run the genny when we run high demand itens.
To each his own.
