07-26-2012, 06:29 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 10,516
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A compressor fridge would be considerably cheaper but as you say, you loose
the ability to keep food cold while on the road.
I would not do it because we dry camp on occasion. We love national
parks and forests but many do not have electric hookups. It will impact
the re-sale value of your rig but if you're going to keep it several more
years that's not really an issue.
To answer your question: how long? Not more than a few hours.
You can always go back to tent camping mode and keep your food
in an ice cooler until you arrive. You could also get an inverter to run that
compressor while you are on the road. It would probably require some
re-wire on your tow rig to get enough amps back to the RV but then you
could keep the fridge cold.
You have to consider how much you're going to be on the road away
from 120v power. Keeping the fridge cold at a campground with a generator
is not a good idea IMO. You'd need to run it every few hours day and
night. I guess you could leave it off all nite but food's not gonna be
very cold in the morning. Most campgrounds won't let you run a
generator at night anyway. Plus if you're using a generator to keep your
fridge cold you are stuck staying at the camp site to keep an eye
on things. What if you want to go exploring for a day?
By the time you bought a heavy duty inverter and a mini fridge and ran
the heavy wire from your engine to your trailer, how much are you going
to save?
Is it worth it to you?
Just my thoughts..... maybe others will add their 2¢
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Dan & Rita D
2017 Nissan Titan 5.6L King cab 4wd
2016 Evergreen Everlite 242RBS
29' empty nest model. Blue Ox WD hitch
(1 queen bed, large main cabin and huge bathroom)
Camping days 2010-53, 2011-47, 2012-41, 2013-41, 2014-31, 2015-40, 2016-44, 2017-63, 2018-75, 2019-32, 2020-41, 2021-49, 2022-43, 2023-66
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