Time to swap the Refrigerator?

[SoonDockin]

I rarely find a level place to park. For the first couple of years, I had no issues with my refrigerator. This year it seems to be quite finicky. I am planning to add several lifepo4 batteries and it might be time to think AC/DC compressor vs my propane/AC norcold.

Any advice or suggestions?

[2oldman]

Grit dog wrote:

2oldman wrote:
You camp unlevel?

Camp or park?

Perhaps I misunderstood that meant a campsite. If just for intermittent parking, simply turn off the gas refer.

[2oldman]

My Dometic gas refer works just fine. I don't see the need to have to feed electricity to a compressor.

[Grit_dog]

I’ve never owned an AF camper that was less than about 10 years old and the fridges always worked fine, so maybe it just needs repair?

[Grit_dog]

2oldman wrote:
You camp unlevel?

Camp or park?
Can see where parking somewhere for a day could be an issue but TC on truck is pretty easy to level up in my experience.
But these threads are useless without parameters.
Un level like on a 4:1 slope or un level like 3 deg off.

[eric1514]

I swapped the absorption fridge in my van to a NovaKool compressor and I will do in my class c even without lithium batteries. It’s night and day if you do it right, and the factories rarely do. You might also see if J.C. Refrigeration makes a conversion kit for your present unit. That’s the route I’m going in my c because the present fridge fits so well and ‘d have to remove a window to get it out.

[theoldwizard1]

I will never own another RV that does not have a compressor refrigerator ! Whether it is AC only DC doe not matter much to me.

[2oldman]

You camp unlevel?

[Lwiddis]

With Lithium batteries and solar I do think it’s time for you to consider switching to a 12 volt fridge. It’s on my horizon.