Getting ready for a solo trip Adelaide to Brissy via Broome and would like to know what brand/type of fridge people have in their vans/campers. looking forward to reponses
mongrel said
01:26 AM Mar 23, 2013
I can't help you with your question,however if you click on the search option on the top of the page and type in fridges it may give you some ideas. Hope this helps...Good luck . Alan the Mon grel
blaze said
05:30 AM Mar 23, 2013
we have a evacool we put in the vehicle when on the road. In the van we a a 3 way that was getting on a bit and didnt like the trip from perth to broome so whilr stationary we have put a bar fridge in. Before we move on from broome (here for a couple of years) will be putting straight 12 volt as we have 4 80w panels on the van and two 130 a/h batteries. What ever you get make sure it is tropical rated. cheers blaze
mr glassies said
06:15 PM Mar 24, 2013
2 40 ltr engels Dibs
George said
11:18 PM Mar 24, 2013
Totally agree with you Blaze, after our last trip to Darwin, I've ditched the 3 way fridge which I consider useless, and have installed a dometic cl140 compressor fridge which is tropical rated.
Grams said
04:55 AM Mar 28, 2013
We have a Thetford fridge/freezer in our van. It's a 3 way but has a switch to turn on when in humid areas, it turns a fan on to circulate the cold air. Plus there is another switch to defrost the freezer is it ices up. They tested it to -17' for the freezer and 3' for the fridge.
PeterD said
01:03 AM Mar 30, 2013
There is nothing wrong with a modern absorption fridge. Even those with a climate rating of ST will give a good performance except for when the ambient temperature exceeds 38 degrees. T rated fridges will still run well when the temperature is over 40 degrees.
Poor performance is generally the fault of the fridge installation. I don't know why people spend well over $1,000 for compressor fridges when a competent repair place could alter the cabinet work for a few hundred dollars and get the fridge working as it was designed.
I have a Dometic RM2453, it works well and I will stick with it.
neilnruth said
04:20 AM Mar 30, 2013
Welcome Juniior. Ours is a 3way Dometic. Works as well on gas as electricity. Sometimes I think even better.
Juniior said
12:17 AM Apr 4, 2013
Thanks everyone having a WEACO 12/24 installed. Here's to it performing as advertised.
Getting ready for a solo trip Adelaide to Brissy via Broome and would like to know what brand/type of fridge people have in their vans/campers. looking forward to reponses
I can't help you with your question,however if you click on the search option on the top of the page and type in fridges it may give you some ideas. Hope this helps...Good luck . Alan the Mon grel
cheers
blaze
Dibs
Totally agree with you Blaze, after our last trip to Darwin, I've ditched the 3 way fridge which I consider useless, and have installed a dometic cl140 compressor fridge which is tropical rated.
Poor performance is generally the fault of the fridge installation. I don't know why people spend well over $1,000 for compressor fridges when a competent repair place could alter the cabinet work for a few hundred dollars and get the fridge working as it was designed.
I have a Dometic RM2453, it works well and I will stick with it.