RV Referigerater

[Don4107]

Like so many other things it depends on how you use/plan to use your bus.  Our first bus had an electric refer.  It died and we replaced it with a Norcold 3 way.  It just works much better for the way we use the bus.  Keeps things as cold as we want and has been trouble free.  If you are like me and consider ice cream to be THE only important food group, you gotta have a good refer. 

With all the RVs over the years in our extended family there has not been a propane refer failure.  Mean anything, probably not.

One thing to consider with an electric frig is the added heat load it puts in the coach.  Ever put your hand on a compressor that has been running for a while?  Do it quickly, they can be very hot.   Never took the time to calculate it but the added heat is considerable.  A remote mounted compressor and condenser in the bay would help but complicate things a bunch.

With propane frig and hot water we can stay off grid for days without the genset unless AC is needed.  Not that we do all that much because most of our bus time is summer and the AC is as important as the frig.  With the propane frig you never have to think about battery charge status.  Need to walk away from the coach for a while, no problem be it a few hours or a few days. 

Don 4107