RV Refrigerators

[Trav_lr]

Maybe too late.... but.....consider replacing just the cooling unit. Even if you have to pay a reliable tech to do the labor, the cost is about half the price of a new RV fridge. I just did my Norcold 1210 after it failed and coudn't be happier with the end result. The quality, functionality and reliability of the replacement from JC Refrigeration Home - JC Refrigeration is light years ahead of Norcold!

 

[Wemustrv]

We had an issue with our Dometic fridge. I looked into repairing and the cost of the parts was $1500. I did some research and found I could change out our12 cubic foot RV fridge for a Kenmore Elite 23.5 cubic foot resi fridge. This took minimal modifications. We do boondock and to date have not had any issues in three years on the road. Our total draw when running the big fridge, small 1.7 cubic foot resi fridge in the basement, our interior lights and tv is 1-2 amps. I have installed a separate battery monitor that monitors: (2) AGM coach batteries and (4AGM) 240 amp hour house batteries. I do have an onboard energy system that also monitors battery status and the two agree. The additional one allows quick view of both battery systems. This is dash mounted and at the recommendation of others using this device I added a separate on/off switch as the green LED are quite bright at night.

We usually have to run our generator for a couple hours during the day to bring batteries up to full level. Run time on batteries is about 14-17 hours. Solar to be added in the near future to eliminate or reduce the use of generator.