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Originally Posted by mikaho
I have seen that there are the two camps. I completely understand that someone who boondocks would probably want the LP option. We would rarely boondock as that is not in my wife's dna ...
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Personally we found the conversion added a tremendous amount of satisfaction to our FT life style. Its reliability, size and consistent performance compared to our experiences with RV refers is more than significant.
If you make that conversion consider the following:
1. Seal up the outside vents and roof vents...you won't need them and it will help keeping your coach warmer/cooler without all that air escaping. However, do NOT seal them in such a way that you can't remove those side vent covers. In our case the access panel is just at the right place to reach the refer's inspection cover where you can see the defrost tube and collection pan.
2. When you install the refer do so with that refer's inspection cover OFF. Depending on a lot of unknowns it is possible that some or all of the cover's screws may be not be accessible. In our case the top 2 were not accessible so we only secured it with the bottom 2. A friend told me about that tip.
3. Consider finding a way to extend the refer's defrost tube to drain through an outside vent or some other place. While I don't think it should be a problem, there are some that are concerned that the pan that holds water that drips out during defrost cycles could over flow. Again, when ever I've removed outside panel, I haven't seen any evidence to make me personally worry.