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Old 10-04-2013, 05:42 PM   #21
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Well, it's time to bite the bullet and go to the repair man. It went back up to 40 day before so, this morning I hooked up and took it for a 60 mile trip. All kinds of roads, plenty of stop & starts, curves and everything. 12 hours later it still says 40. Oh well. Glad I did not cancel my apointment.

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Old 10-04-2013, 06:37 PM   #22
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Bill,
What fridge do you have? Let us know what you find out.
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Old 10-05-2013, 08:01 AM   #23
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If the repairs cost get too high, or have to replace...consider a Residential fridge. We put one in and its great. Fit in same space with minor mod to opening (3/4" at top and 1/4" on one side of opening). Went from 7.5 cuft to 11 cuft. $450 from Home depot.

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Old 10-10-2013, 09:08 AM   #24
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Well, I solved my refig problems yesterday. I called Paul Cross and got an appointment to have a 120v Samsung RF installed in a few weeks. That's the end of that!!

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Old 10-11-2013, 07:31 AM   #25
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Are you normally located near him, or just happen to be in the area?
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Old 10-11-2013, 08:00 AM   #26
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We are in Nebraska working on the farm. Will head toward Texas by way of Indiana as soon as harvest is over. I've talked to several people around here about it and no one wants to do it and I don't have time. Talked to Paul's shop and they have extensive experiance changing them out, so away we go.

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Old 10-11-2013, 12:31 PM   #27
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My friend just did this on his MH. He added an inverter and is finally happy to get rid of his norcold fridge. You should be happy with the result.
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Old 10-12-2013, 10:07 AM   #28
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I'm curious, how much amperage does one of those units draw should you use an inverter to power it? I've been contemplating doing this if the fridge goes belly up again. Got to be cheaper than a new cooling plant at over $2200 like when I started this thread.
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Old 10-12-2013, 03:55 PM   #29
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Mike,

I don't have the running or peak amps handy now, but 600watt is too small and 1000 is plenty. I am using a 1000watt Zantrax pure sine wave (old new stock clearance at CW last winter.) Runs it just fine and does not have much of any draw when no load.

I think DRV as an option installs a 1000watt when just for the fridge. They said they tested these fridges in the hot summer sun and it was fine to leave it turned off for 8hrs when not opened. Lost a min amount of temp. Recovered quickly. So unless dry camping, and Inverter would be a luxury.

It will run the fridge all day when we drive and no drop in Battery level at all. Truck charging enough to maintain things. Some say can just turn it off for the day. I like it to run.

Fridge was around $450 (for a single size, we had the single door dometic)

Inverter was a deal at $169. Was a $400 unit reg price.

I added a auto changeover switch and a remote on/off for about $70 total. Some misc wiring etc.

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Old 10-13-2013, 02:50 PM   #30
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Bill what is the brand and size of your new fridge??

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Old 10-13-2013, 04:21 PM   #31
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This is the one here http://www.homedepot.com/p/203554365...ct_description

Its a Whirlpool Model # WRT111SFAF

They have it for $494 now and also 10% off. so still around the same I aid last winter. I ordered online and had delivered to Campground we were staying in Fl.

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Old 10-13-2013, 08:11 PM   #32
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Don't know which Bill you were asking but, the one Paul Cross is going to put in for me is a Samsung RF197 18.5 cf. No water or ice in the door. Start to finish I think it is going to cost $2300. without the invertor & xtra batteries. We do not boondock and plug in every night.
So I thought I could find a better use for the money.
I thought their rate per hour and the # of hours proposed were very fair. Plus they were willing to work with my schedule. You never know for sure when harvest will end. It all depends on the weather and # of rain days. Usually October is fairly dry here and we can hit the road by Nov. 1.

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Old 10-14-2013, 07:05 AM   #33
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Just to clarify we had the single size Dometic 7.5 cuft. The 11 cuft is a direct fit replacement in same space.

Here are some pics https://picasaweb.google.com/1125165...ridgeInstall02
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Old 10-14-2013, 05:59 PM   #34
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Paul also has a double door in stock, or he did a few weeks ago when we when were there.
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Old 10-15-2013, 02:39 PM   #35
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Billr,
Thanks for the info. My fridge is working fine now but I know it's just a matter of time. We don't do any boondocking so I won't need a converter. And keeping the fidge closed during travel works to keep things cold. I have a small upright freezer in the area for a washer and it never shows any sign of defrost when traveling. We just have things turned on a couple of days before we head out.

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Old 10-15-2013, 05:26 PM   #36
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Billr,
Thanks for the info. My fridge is working fine now but I know it's just a matter of time. We don't do any boondocking so I won't need a converter. And keeping the fidge closed during travel works to keep things cold. I have a small upright freezer in the area for a washer and it never shows any sign of defrost when traveling. We just have things turned on a couple of days before we head out.

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You will be fine while traveling. Keeping the door closed will be important but no worry about temps I am sure.

Our fridge was fine but we got tired of the size and also as you said its a matter of time. So we got in front of it.

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