Residential Fridge

[traveler of california]

Was looking at the Winnie site and while drooling over the new rigs I discovered that a residential fridge was now an option. I guess this is the new thing and I was wondering if anyone has experienced this option. I'm curious as to the perceived benefits and also wondering what an option like this costs.

Nick

[Finhawk]

The Whirlpool in mine is great after all the propane/electric ones. That's all I can tell ya

[Randy1252]

I wouldn't trade my residential fridge for all the Dometics and Norcolds in the world.

[nightriderrv]

They should be in more units with the ability to run them via a inverter

[rream]

We love ours the retail price on the build sheet lists the cost of 1372 for the referigerator and with 2.8K inverter and 2 added batteries. Ours is a Maytag.

[DancinCampers]

Ours is a Maytag as well, and love it.

The unit came with an upgrade 6 deep cycle house batts vs 4, and 2800 w inverter vice 2600 watt.

When we are dry camping, I turn on the vacation mode, this decreases the time the unit goes into defrost mode, as this is the big power drain.

[Trekkers]

We love our residential refrigerator.

[wa8yxm]

Pros and Cons.
CON: Residential fridges for the most part are power hogs, and they eat 120vac, You do not have 120vac less you put in an inverter, when you are not parked in a park.

That said, there are some new HIGH EFFIENCY types that sip power (like less than 50 watts door closed) some even run on 12vdc!!!! Alas, you won't find them at Best Buy though...

Absorption cooling units (RV type are even worse power hogs, often drawing 2-3 times what a much larger residential unit draws, but they can "Draw" that power off the propane tank.. Which saves your batteries big time.

HOWEVER they contain ammonia, which is flammable, and the propane burner is an "open flame" . Many are concerned about the fire hazard. NOTE that this technology i older than you and I put together and unless there is a leak, there is no danger.

When (not if) my RV type fails (They all fail sooner or later, So do residential types) I'm not sure what I'll replace it with. The larger size of the residential .... Is very attractive.