After our 10 week trip to Alaska and with the temperatures up in the 90’s for a lot of that time, my wife and myself are not satisfied with the operation of the refrigerator. The internal temperature varies widely and many times we saw it at or above 40ºF. The freezer at least keeps things below 32ºF but not by much.
I have read several of the refrigerator upgrades that have been done and was looking to replacing ours with a 12v compressor only unit. Since we have 400 amp-hr of lithium batteries I believe this is very doable on our UTB. Just to make things interesting I found out about another option, rather than just replacing the whole refrigerator, how about replacing just the cooling mechanism. It turns out that a company in Indiana, JC Refrigeration (https://jc-refrigeration.com/), makes a unit that replaces just the refrigeration unit so you keep the same refrigerator box.
This option sounds very appealing as there are no modifications needed to the refrigerator opening to accommodate a new frig, the replacement just bolts on to the same points that the old unit did, they provide detailed instructions on how to DIY along with all the materials needed for the conversion.
So, my question is whether or not anyone has taken this approach and what did they think of the results? I haven’t contacted them to check out the prices yet to see if its more affordable than replacing everything with a new unit.
I have read several of the refrigerator upgrades that have been done and was looking to replacing ours with a 12v compressor only unit. Since we have 400 amp-hr of lithium batteries I believe this is very doable on our UTB. Just to make things interesting I found out about another option, rather than just replacing the whole refrigerator, how about replacing just the cooling mechanism. It turns out that a company in Indiana, JC Refrigeration (https://jc-refrigeration.com/), makes a unit that replaces just the refrigeration unit so you keep the same refrigerator box.
This option sounds very appealing as there are no modifications needed to the refrigerator opening to accommodate a new frig, the replacement just bolts on to the same points that the old unit did, they provide detailed instructions on how to DIY along with all the materials needed for the conversion.
So, my question is whether or not anyone has taken this approach and what did they think of the results? I haven’t contacted them to check out the prices yet to see if its more affordable than replacing everything with a new unit.