Why consider 12v fridge for boondocking?

Huntindog wrote:


I know a guy that bought a Lance cabover camper. When he and his wife were showing it to me, they proudly pointed out their "improvements"
Which basically consisted of removing everything that that felt they would never use,,, The stove, microwave, fridge, furnace, water pump and plumbing, holding tanks,lights, battery, etc. They now use flashlights, a cooler, a coleman stove, water jugs, etc. It works for them I guess...But I never understood it. Why buy something like an RV just to turn it into a tin tent?.... More extreme than your propane tank... But still similar. I cannot see why removing the tank has any tangible benefit. It is not like you are physically carrying it.. It is part of the RV. You just removed some functionality.

You seem to be under the impression I get started taking things out willy-nilly. First, DW demands access to 120V to camp, so if I take her, I take the trailer, stay where I can plug in. (Last 2 trips without her I set cot up next to pickup, didn't take a tent.)
I bought a 7 YO camper, Thanksgiving weekend of '04. So how much "resale value" will I loose making changes? OTOH, I can make changes that make it better suit US. The camper did not come with WH or furnace, so the big user of propane was the 3 burner stove. From tent days, we had a 3 burner Coleman that worked better. Use or not, the factory stove had to be moved from floor to counter on setup, back to floor for take down. Because we rarely cook with gas, and more rarely cook inside, why haul it? That leaves the fridge as the only installed demand for propane. I have had no luck trusting it to stay lit while driving, but wired so it is the only demand on the charge line from TV, it cools on 12V while driving. Now I am working on a idea of feeding the fridge off 1 lb bottle, for times we want to spend some time stopped between CGs