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| [GMCnet] Replacement Refrigerator [message #155087] |
Mon, 02 January 2012 09:12  |
Peter Garry
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I have pulled the original frig and discarded it. It was 12V and 110V ac and worked ok but the liner was cracked and the shelves rusty.
Planning on using only 12V dc and installing solar cells on the roof.
Also LED lighting and house batteries that will keep all the systems in balance.
Any ideas or suggestions?
PeterG
Calgary, Alberta
'73 TZE0033V100713
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| Re: [GMCnet] Replacement Refrigerator [message #155090 is a reply to message #155087] |
Mon, 02 January 2012 09:28  |
Carl S.
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I went with a Norcold 3-way for the more (electrically) efficient, LP use while dry camping. Norcold does make a nice looking AC/DC model. I don't have any first hand experience with this unit, but it specs out nicely:
<http://www.thetford.com/HOME/Products/NorcoldRefrigeratorsHome/DE0061EV0061/tabid/197/Default.aspx>
Here's what I did:
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=5863
Carl Stouffer
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| Re: [GMCnet] Replacement Refrigerator [message #155102 is a reply to message #155090] |
Mon, 02 January 2012 12:23 |
jimk
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Our recommendation on refrigerators is the one with LPG along with the
electrical if your not going to be plugged in or running the
generator.
The battery drain is more than you can recover with an average solar panels.
On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Carl Stouffer <carljr3b@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I went with a Norcold 3-way for the more (electrically) efficient, LP use while dry camping. Â Norcold does make a nice looking AC/DC model. Â I don't have any first hand experience with this unit, but it specs out nicely:
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> <http://www.thetford.com/HOME/Products/NorcoldRefrigeratorsHome/DE0061EV0061/tabid/197/Default.aspx>
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> Here's what I did:
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> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=5863
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> Carl S.
> '75 ex Palm Beach
> Tucson, AZ.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Replacement Refrigerator [message #155205 is a reply to message #155128] |
Tue, 03 January 2012 09:35 |
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Matt Colie
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| WD0AFQ wrote on Mon, 02 January 2012 18:02 |
Personally I don't understand using an electric refer if one wants to dry camp for several days in a row. <snip>
Bottom line,
get the kind of refer that suits you. We can offer advice but it is only good if it suits your particular need.
Life is good, Teri is home.
Dan
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Dan,
Since the majority of my investments were taken from me and the dream of a comfortable retirement can now never happen, the decision for us was simple. A reefer we could actually afford or figure out how to use ice. Whatever RV unit you purchase, you can expect it to cost an approximately equal to - A full set tires, three thousand miles of fuel or the full cost of at least two GMCMI rallies. By cutting that to less then a third, there were some things that could still be enjoyed.
Everything is a compromise.
Matt
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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| Re: [GMCnet] Replacement Refrigerator [message #155209 is a reply to message #155205] |
Tue, 03 January 2012 09:57 |
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WD0AFQ
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| Matt Colie wrote on Tue, 03 January 2012 09:35 |
| WD0AFQ wrote on Mon, 02 January 2012 18:02 |
Personally I don't understand using an electric refer if one wants to dry camp for several days in a row. <snip>
Bottom line,
get the kind of refer that suits you. We can offer advice but it is only good if it suits your particular need.
Life is good, Teri is home.
Dan
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Dan,
Since the majority of my investments were taken from me and the dream of a comfortable retirement can now never happen, the decision for us was simple. A reefer we could actually afford or figure out how to use ice. Whatever RV unit you purchase, you can expect it to cost an approximately equal to - A full set tires, three thousand miles of fuel or the full cost of at least two GMCMI rallies. By cutting that to less then a third, there were some things that could still be enjoyed.
Everything is a compromise.
Matt
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I really hate that for you two Matt. We all do what we have to to make things work for us. One reason I like the GMC, can make it just the way I like it. Never liked stock vehicles so our's has nothing original left in it, maybe the windshields. Every time I think I have cash for them something goes. I used windshield money to buy the new Norcold when it died out in Oregon. Keep coming to the conventions. As we all know you have a lot to contribute.
Dan
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| Re: [GMCnet] Replacement Refrigerator [message #155218 is a reply to message #155087] |
Tue, 03 January 2012 10:48 |
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RF_Burns
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I didn't mean to get anyone's back up, I just read how he wanted a replacement all electric fridge.
We don't dry-camp as a rule, unless its in camp Walmart for a few hours of sleep.
We have a single 100Amp/hr SLA battery that is about 6 years old. From experience I know that it won't start the compressor after about 18hrs of running on the battery. Some quick calculations show that would have consumed about 75Amp/hrs from the battery, which is way more than the battery should have been discharged.
When this fridge is running, the Inverter shows its taking about 80 watts of power (not sure if that's input or output power) so lets assume 100 watts. It runs for less than 30mins per hour so lets say 30 minutes per hour, so that's 50watt/hrs X 24hrs = 1200 watt/hrs per day. Starting current is likely 500-600 watts for several seconds.
I don't have any experience with solar cells on an RV, so I don't know how much real life power you get from a (say) 200w solar cell on an average day, but lets say an average of 50% of that for 12 hrs of daylight (summer daylight is more than 12hrs, but I am being conservative). So that would be 100 watts x 12 hrs = 1200 watt/hrs.
So with some conservative figures, it would seem that a 200watt solar cell should keep up with this fridge. So adding in some additional fudge factors you would want to at least double that to have power for LED lighting, TV etc, rainy days etc.
So it seems like it can be done, but the additional solar power required does add alot of cost too!
Maybe one of the Electrical Engineers can correct my calculations and assumptions.
Bruce Hislop
ON Canada
77PB, 455 Dick P. rebuilt, DynamicEFI EBL EFI & ESC.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Replacement Refrigerator [message #155233 is a reply to message #155218] |
Tue, 03 January 2012 12:27 |
Bob de Kruyff
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""I didn't mean to get anyone's back up, I just read how he wanted a replacement all electric fridge.
We don't dry-camp as a rule, unless its in camp Walmart for a few hours of sleep.
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Bruce--there is nor right or wrong to this one. Much of it boils down to how we use our coaches, what our priorities are and what we want or can spend. When my 3 way Dometic crapped out I went to 2 electric refigerators (one can also be set as a freezer) I boon dock almost exclusively, although usually 3 to 7 days at a time. Between 4 good batteries, a solar panel, and my Kipor, I get along just fine. If I boondocked for months at a time, I may change my mind. If my Dometic was still running, I'd be just fine with that as well.
Bob de Kruyff
78 Eleganza
Chandler, AZ
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| Re: [GMCnet] Replacement refrigerator [message #155556 is a reply to message #155087] |
Thu, 05 January 2012 14:14 |
rallymaster
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Temporary tilt angle shifts while driving don't count. The constant
movement keeps the refrigerant moving around.
RonC
On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 12:50:32 -0700 "Greg and April"
<gregandapril@earthlink.net> writes:
> The most efferent fridge may be a propane unit, but are not propane
> units
> basically absorption based, which require fairly level conditions in
> order
> to work properly?
>
> The problem I see, is that if this is true, a single day of driving
> I-70 in
> Colorado, is little more than up and down mountain driving with
> grades that
> can exceed the angle at which absorption units require for proper
> working
> conditions.
> .
>
> Greg H.
>
> Yeah, I'm odd that way.
>
> .
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry C" <slawrence111@yahoo.com>
> To: <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 14:32
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Replacement refrigerator
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> >
> >
> > I was with you until you said OFF LINE.
> >
> > There is NO ELECTRIC that will survive off line.
> >
> > THE MOST EFFICIENT frig is the propane fueled unit. If it
> requires 12vdc,
> > it is minimal and even a solar panel can keep up with the power
> use.
> >
> > If you are off line, you will be talking a lot of solar panels and
>
> > batteries to try to keep the frig going.
> >
> > I read here from someone...
> >
> > one 12vdc battery which stores 100AH will supply 5 AMP for 20
> hours
> >
> > I have not tested that theory but for the time being I use that as
> a guide
> > to try to figure solar power use trends.
> >
> > It might be helpful to you.
> >
> >
> > JAN 4
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> say,
> > "How long hae you had these headaches?"
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| Re: [GMCnet] Replacement refrigerator [message #155621 is a reply to message #155568] |
Thu, 05 January 2012 20:56 |
Bob de Kruyff
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""The last time I drove west on I-70 out of Denver, it felt that I spent half
the day driving up and the other half driving down
Greg H.
"" You need a hybrid""
Bob de Kruyff
78 Eleganza
Chandler, AZ
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| Re: [GMCnet] Replacement refrigerator [message #155637 is a reply to message #155087] |
Thu, 05 January 2012 21:55 |
rallymaster
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Generally, if it's more than half a bubble on an older gas fridge, or a
little more than half on the newer ones, turn the fridge off. IIRC, even
an hour at the extreme tilt is enough to start the deterioration of the
fridge.. A night without the fridge running won't hurt anything but the
ice cream in the freezer.
the mfgs claim for the really new ones is, "If you're confortable at the
slope, it's OK", but I think I'm OK at a lot more tilt than the fridge
is. We use just a skosh more than half a bubble as our criteria.
ronC
On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 17:05:53 -0700 "Greg and April"
<gregandapril@earthlink.net> writes:
> Ok, while specifications say 'up to 6%', we all know that in plenty
> of cases
> the grade can reach 7% on the interstate - Vail pass and the run to
>
> Eisenhower tunnel to name a couple on I-70, Sandstone ( eastbound )
> on I-64
> to name another. Now even a 6% grade translates to a 3.4 - 3.5*
> angle and
> a 7% grade is 4* side to side, fair enough?
>
> Even considering all of the absorbtion refegerators, being used, I
> am asking
> because I do not know one way or the other.
>
> Finally, there is a final issue that I must consider, and that is
> the fact
> that as I mentioned in another thread, my driveway sits at a 6.7%
> slope (
> and the street in front of my house is not much better ), so while
> in theory
> "no matter how much "up" angle you're encountering, there's a
> corresponding
> "down" angle", is true, in practice it may be a different matter, if
> the RV
> is parked on the slope for days or weeks between use, or for
> maintenance/repairs. The question that I face is one of whether
> or not an
> absorbtion refrigerator would survive just being parked in my
> driveway.
>
> .
>
> Greg H.
>
> Yeah, I'm odd that way.
>
> .
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tmaki" <tmaki@earthlink.net>
> To: <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 14:15
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Replacement refrigerator
>
>
> >
> >
> > Interstate highway specifications state up to 6% grade in
> > mountainous areas. That's what - +/- three and a half
> > degrees or so? This from Thetford (probably something
> > similar from any manufacturer you might be considering):
> >
> > "How level must the refrigerator be?
> >
> > If you have a gas absorption refrigerator, normal leveling
> > of the vehicle is sufficient. The refrigerator is made to
> > operate within 3 degrees off level side-to-side and 6
> > degrees off level front-to-back (looking at the front of the
> > refrigerator)."
> >
> > Besides, considering how many hundreds of thousands, if not
> > millions of RVs with operating refrigerators have driven
> > I-70, there has to be a big pile of steaming, disappointed
> > RV'ers out there somewhere when they found their fridges
> > done in.
> >
> > I've always figured that no matter how much "up" angle
> > you're encountering, there's a corresponding "down" angle.
> > Over time and distance, it all comes out level. The
> > refrigerant never really gets a chance to pool up anywhere.
> > My guess would be that the manufacturers of RV refrigerators
> > anticipate how and where the appliance will be used and have
> > factored that into the design. They've been doing it a long
> > time. Gas refrigerators are one of the most reliable and
> > long-lived RV components out there.
> >
> > Can't think of any reason to over-think it.
> >
>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Replacement Refrigerator [message #155646 is a reply to message #155209] |
Thu, 05 January 2012 22:50 |
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[quote title=WD0AFQ wrote on Tue, 03 January 2012 09:57][quote
I really hate that for you two Matt. We all do what we have to to make things work for us. One reason I like the GMC, can make it just the way I like it. Never liked stock vehicles so our's has nothing original left in it, maybe the windshields. Every time I think I have cash for them something goes. I used windshield money to buy the new Norcold when it died out in Oregon. Keep coming to the conventions. As we all know you have a lot to contribute.
Dan[/quote]
And do not forget to bring your doggie.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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