Refrigerator Upgrades
Hello, I'm sitting here contemplating what upgrades I want to do to my 5th wheel once I pull it out of the underground storage facility in the spring. The frig is in a slide out and from what I ...
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dpgllg wrote:
I'm sitting here contemplating what upgrades I want to do to my 5th wheel once I pull it out of the underground storage facility in the spring.
Fridge fan aside, another issue you might want to consider is whether your particular fridge has a switch that allows you to turn off the (power consuming) climate control heater. Even for those who normally camp on sites offering shore power it's still worthwhile being able to disable this heating element when you lose shore power for one reason or another and have no choice but to run on battery power until shore power is restored. In recent years it seems fridge manufacturers have been deleting this switch on some models even though the heating element is still there, meaning it runs all the time whether you want it to or not. :( My own Dometic fridge is an example - schematic shows both the heating element and switch but no way does this particular unit have the switch ... so I installed my own.
Might be a good addition for your spring "to do" list. :)
