ELECTRIC FRIG IN YOUR COACH? WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU

[Jack and Liz Pearce]

Howdy.
Do you have an electric refrigerator in your Bird? If so, we sure would like to from you, good, bad, or neutral. If you switched from an RV frig to an electric frig, let us know the pros and cons.


TIA,
Jack and Liz
1993 WLWB
In D'hanis, still w/o frig

[Ernie Ekberg]

Read post 41873. Ernie Ekberg 83PT40 Wanderlodge Weatherford, Tx http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/erni...gandrepair --- On Sat, 4/25/09, Jack and Liz Pearce wrote: From: Jack and Liz Pearce Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] ELECTRIC FRIG IN YOUR COACH? WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, April 25, 2009, 4:05 PM Howdy. Do you have an electric refrigerator in your Bird? If so, we sure would like to from you, good, bad, or neutral. If you switched from an RV frig to an electric frig, let us know the pros and cons. TIA, Jack and Liz 1993 WLWB In D'hanis, still w/o frig

[luckyron1]

Our coach was built as an all electric, so we have extra storage where the
propane tank had been. The refrig/freezer/icemaker has worked perfectly, on
shore power, the generator, or the inverters. We also have a small freezer on a
slide-out storage tray on the curb side. The 6 AGM house batteries are about 6
yrs old and we can still drydock for 3 hrs before the generator autostarts. And
when the batteries were new, we could go 12 hrs before the generator started.
As you might guess we don't do a lot of dry-docking.

Ron & Ruth, 2000 LXI in Branson for sale

-- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Ernie Ekberg wrote:
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> Ernie Ekberg
> 83PT40
> Wanderlodge
> Weatherford, Tx
> http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/erni...gandrepair
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> --- On Sat, 4/25/09, Jack and Liz Pearce wrote:
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> From: Jack and Liz Pearce
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] ELECTRIC FRIG IN YOUR COACH? WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR
FROM YOU
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, April 25, 2009, 4:05 PM
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> Howdy.
> Do you have an electric refrigerator in your Bird? If so, we sure would like
to from you, good, bad, or neutral. If you switched from an RV frig to an
electric frig, let us know the pros and cons.
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> TIA,
> Jack and Liz
> 1993 WLWB
> In D'hanis, still w/o frig
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[Paul Carver]

Jack and Liz,

Our 1993 still has the original 20 plus cubic foot Amana electric side by side
refer. The upside, is the longivity and reliability (although we have
experienced the defrost cycle timer getting stuck a couple of times) [easily
addressed]. The downside, is limited dry camping on batteries only. While
driving, the inverter handles the load well. When stopped, we are limited to
8-10 hours on the battery bank. At that point you run the generator, travel
10-12 hours, or find shore power. Our house battery bank consists of 8, group
31, gell cell, 12 volt batteries, in parallel. The batteries are about 1 1/2
years old and we expected the replacements to substantialy increase our run
time. We have concluded replacement of the refer, with an energy efficient
model, would net that result. Obviously we will be interested in your
experience and solution.

Paul & Jo Carver
1993 WLWB "Teri"
Seven Points, TX

[Pete Masterson]

Paul & Jo,

It's great to hear of your experiences with the Amana side by side ... I have nearly the same Refrigerator and similar power use. It's good to know the short time on battery isn't "just me"!!

Pete Masterson

'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42

El Sobrante CA

"aeonix1@mac.com"

On Apr 26, 2009, at 2:27 PM, Paul Carver wrote:

Jack and Liz,

Our 1993 still has the original 20 plus cubic foot Amana electric side by side refer. The upside, is the longivity and reliability (although we have experienced the defrost cycle timer getting stuck a couple of times) [easily addressed]. The downside, is limited dry camping on batteries only. While driving, the inverter handles the load well. When stopped, we are limited to 8-10 hours on the battery bank. At that point you run the generator, travel 10-12 hours, or find shore power. Our house battery bank consists of 8, group 31, gell cell, 12 volt batteries, in parallel. The batteries are about 1 1/2 years old and we expected the replacements to substantialy increase our run time. We have concluded replacement of the refer, with an energy efficient model, would net that result. Obviously we will be interested in your experience and solution.

Paul & Jo Carver
1993 WLWB "Teri"
Seven Points, TX



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[tommy.rountree]

Martha and I have the household Amana side by side. It works great, plenty of
ice and cold water.

I haven't tried boon-docking, but I suppose with my abundant batteries (16 of
them) and the Heart Inverter it should not be too much of a problem for two or
three days.

I had a Dometic gas/electric in my Travco many years ago and I remember it being
a PITA.