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09-22-2016, 12:15 PM
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Senior Member
Tiffin Owners Club
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Montgomery, AL
Posts: 1,197
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"We have a new Norcold 1200 on order - should be here this week. Kinda wish this thread would have been started last week."
Dry camp for both racing and football for a week at a time and we have the residential fridge. We have never had an issue with dead batteries or the like. We have 6 6-volt batteries. By running the generator 2 hours in the am and 2 hours before bed (when we are cooking, making coffee, etc) takes care of that. After having a Norcold in a previous coach, we determined that we would never have another one, ever. Always a problem with staying cool enough and spoiled food even with fans inside.
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2014 Jeep Wrangler Sport
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09-22-2016, 12:26 PM
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Senior Member
Holiday Rambler Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 576
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NO REGRETS! We only have 4, 6 volt golf cart batteries and a 2000 watt MSW inverter (all original design). I just wish I did it before it caught fire. No damage other than a spilled beer when I came flying up out of my chair by the campfire.
I can run over 12 hours with no hook up and the coach engine off. I now use the generator auto start feature just in case, although it has never had to start itself. for one reason or another we have the generator on for something and it seems to be long enough to bring them back up.
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2002 Holiday Rambler Imperial 40PKD
with Residential refrigerator conversion
2014 Jeep Wrangler in tow, M&G brake system
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09-22-2016, 12:27 PM
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Senior Member
Holiday Rambler Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 576
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If I had a NoCold on order I would cancel it, $3000 vs the $700 I spent, no way!
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2002 Holiday Rambler Imperial 40PKD
with Residential refrigerator conversion
2014 Jeep Wrangler in tow, M&G brake system
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09-22-2016, 12:38 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: St. Lucie West, FL
Posts: 5,361
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jleamo1
If I had a NoCold on order I would cancel it, $3000 vs the $700 I spent, no way!
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If I had a $3000 Norcold on order, and for some reason couldn't cancel, I'd still go with a residential and sell the Norcold for whatever I could get !!
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2005 Newmar Essex 4502, 2013 Caddy SRX
1997 HR Endeavor 37, CAT, 1996 Geo Tracker
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09-22-2016, 12:50 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Arizona
Posts: 1,392
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From what I read Dometic is a better choice than Norcold. And Samsung seems to be a favorite RR. Guess we are just lucky as we have never had a problem with Ice Cream being soft or too little room in fridge. A friend has an RR with 1700, yes 1700 watts of Solar. Plus I understand they make more noise. Here are a couple of links you may wish to look at to help with your decision:
Residential fridge ice buildup
Residential Refrigerator Failure in RVs
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09-22-2016, 01:12 PM
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Senior Member
Damon Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: North East Texas
Posts: 3,715
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regret not making it part of the delivery deal.
best money i have spent on the RV to date.
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Enjoying the 2008 Damon Tuscany 4056, no your eyes are fine, there are really 6 slides
2016 Expedition Toad on Hauler flat bed
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09-22-2016, 04:05 PM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Spicewood Texas (West of Austin)
Posts: 3,802
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Quote:
Originally Posted by powerboatr
regret not making it part of the delivery deal.
best money i have spent on the RV to date.
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We did make it part of our delivery deal. They were going to replace the front windshield anyway. I paid them $500 to install it while the windshield was out. I had the Samsung drop shipped to the dealer. Best money we have spent so far.
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2007 Newmar Mountain Aire 4528, 450 HP ISM, Allison 4000, 8 Trojan T-105's
2014 F150 4x4 Crew Cab Platinum 157" WB
Roadmaster Blackhawk 2, RVI2 Brake System
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09-22-2016, 10:07 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Woodstock GA
Posts: 249
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Low end A's are coming with them to keep the cost down. Larger units (over 35') they assume you are going to be running the gen anyway. I just put in a new 2way Dometic because the Norcold in my new to me unit was cooked. This is a 31' A with a 6cu ft unit. I can not speak yet because we have not taken it out with the new unit yet. I went with the 2way because ... well maybe I did not research enough.. but putting in a 12 inverter for driving and a retrofit that I have seen too many times to suck was not over the balance of cost and not having to be 100% level did not work for me. I went with the 2way replacement. Guess only time will tell.
Really I think just like RV configurations it comes down to.... what are you trying to do with it and what works for you.
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09-22-2016, 11:12 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Houston
Posts: 1,068
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My only regret (although it was not really possible) is not getting a bigger residential fridge. I was limited by width mostly with cabinets on the sides. Height was an issue also I could have lowered the floor closer to the furnace and got 6 inches or more. I leave the residential on all the time when it's in storage. The frost free feature works great and there is never any ice build up. Mine is a tad over 10 cubic ft and with our type of use it is fine. My Dometic was a little smaller actually.
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