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Dometic, Norcold, or..?
12-24-2008, 08:27
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Dometic, Norcold, or..?
Well, bummer on the fridge, but life happens. I never really liked
this old fridge, anyway. Huge thanks to everyone for your help with
this process.

Now, I need your advice on what to buy. I intend to buy a taller
fridge than the one I've got and remove one or both of the small
cabinets above and below my existing fridge. There's never enough
space in these little things, so bigger is better, yes? :-) I'm going
to stick with the ammonia type, as we love to boondock and going all
electric would require more batteries and better inverters than what
I've got, vastly increasing the scope of this project when all I
really want is cold food. :-) Since I do have LP gas on board, might
as well use it. Next coach, however, I want a full size house fridge
so one of you LXI owners better be prepared to sell in 5 - 10 years.
;-)

So, which brand is generally more reliable? Reading online forums they
all seem universally hated. ;-) Does anyone here really love their
fridge, and if so, what do you have?

The biggest gripe I have with these things is the lack of accurate
temperature control. As the temperature outside changes, so does the
temperature inside the fridge. When it's hot outside I have to turn
the fridge setting up, when it gets cold I have to turn it down. Does
anyone make a nice, modern version of these that can actually hold a
temperature like a "real" fridge? I just want to set the darn thing at
x degrees and have it stay there... Don't see why they can't add
temperature sensors and automatically adjust the amount of boiling in
the ammonia stack to roughly maintain a target temp. Seems like such a
basic thing to me.

-Ryan
'86 PT-40 8V92
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Messages In This Thread
Dometic, Norcold, or..? - Ryan Wright - 12-24-2008 08:27
Dometic, Norcold, or..? - Ralph L. Fullenwider - 12-24-2008, 08:42
Dometic, Norcold, or..? - dale cooper - 12-24-2008, 09:28
Dometic, Norcold, or..? - Pete Masterson - 12-24-2008, 09:37
Dometic, Norcold, or..? - Don Bradner - 12-24-2008, 09:43
Dometic, Norcold, or..? - Ryan Wright - 12-24-2008, 10:34
Dometic, Norcold, or..? - Gary Smith - 12-24-2008, 11:30
Dometic, Norcold, or..? - Chuck Wheeler - 12-24-2008, 13:50
Dometic, Norcold, or..? - brad barton - 12-25-2008, 02:31
Dometic, Norcold, or..? - Ryan Wright - 12-25-2008, 15:32
Dometic, Norcold, or..? - brad barton - 12-25-2008, 15:52
Dometic, Norcold, or..? - birdshill123 - 12-26-2008, 01:30
Dometic, Norcold, or..? - Joyce and Richard Hayden - 12-26-2008, 14:54
Dometic, Norcold, or..? - brad barton - 12-26-2008, 15:02



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