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The biggest RV type refrigerator (AC/Propane operation) is 14 cubic feet. We knew we would be doing little boondocking where propane operation is normally necessary. Therefore we considered using a household (AC only) refrigerator. By adding an inverter and a beefed up house battery bank, we decided to have a household refrigerator. You are usually limited to a “counter depth” (24”) deep refrigerator but we still ended up with a 22 cubic foot refrigerator in the same space as the 14 cubic foot propane refrigerator. The cost of the package that included household refrigerator, inverter, and beefed up house batteries was about the same as the 14 cubic foot propane refrigerator option. If we ever have to replace the refrigerator (not uncommon in longer use RVing) the replacement refrigerator will only be about half the cost. We do not travel with the propane turned on. When we had the motorhome, this meant that the refrigerator did not operate when we traveled. We compensated by carry blue ice to help keep things cool. When we are traveling, the household refrigerator runs off of the inverter which gets its DC voltage from the battery bank and from the tow vehicle. Now we do not have to worry about our food staying cold when we travel. The refrigerator we had installed was an Amana ACD2232HRS, 22 cu ft. counter depth with stainless steel doors. |
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A household refrigerator does not have door locks like a regular RV
refrigerators. We use Velcro straps on the door handles to hold the doors closed while we are traveling. |
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We also use small plastic baskets in the refrigerator to hold loose items
and the baskets act as barriers to items placed behind the baskets.
These baskets keep items from falling out when we first open the
refrigerator doors upon arrival. For extended stays, we take the baskets out. |
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The Velcro straps held the doors shut but it was marginal. A
friend, Grant Zinnecker, told me of a better solution. We take a book chosen for it thickness to just fit in the finger gap of the handles. We use a micro-fiber cloth to protect the surface and still use the Velcro strips. The doors stay firmly closed now. |
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