rhagfo
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Well our cooling unit has failed, pretty sure no cooling on gas or electric. Noticed some dreaded yellow powder and a slight smell of ammonia.
So now looking at the JC Refrigeration 12 volt compressor cooling unit. I have the room for it, and it seems like it should work better then the absorption unit.
Are there any members that have real world experience with one of there units?
Our refer is a Dometic RM2862, the replacement unit runs $785, install is $0.00 as I will do myself.
We replaced the cooling unit 8/3/2018, so got just over four years out of a new unit. A new absorption unit runs $740, and a rebuilt is $450. That puts the cost on par with absorption unit.
We full Time and mostly park host, so almost always have power, we have two Interstate SRM-27 batteries in parallel, if without power.
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Lwiddis
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“Almost always have power…” can be a fridge cooling and battery disaster if you run out of battery power on those occasions when you are not plugged in. One hundred useable amp hours can go pretty quickly when everything is on battery power.
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johnhicks
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https://www.rvtravel.com/12-volt-refrigerator-rvt-1065/
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I am on my second JC conversion (two different rvs) I will never go back to the old way.![[emoticon]](https://forums.goodsamclub.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/cool.gif "cool") Install is easy if you read and understand the directions.![[emoticon]](https://forums.goodsamclub.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/biggrin.gif "biggrin") Our present refer is a 4 door Dometic and has two compressors. One for the fridge and one for the freezer a much better arrangement for a large fridge. I do have 1000 watts of solar and a 400 AH lithium battery.
All in all I say got for it you will never look back!!
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Good link, Yes, understand what "your" needs and power requirements are when boondocking, then choose what fits for you.
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We don’t boondock, only need to deal with the occasional power outage we have two Interstate SRM 27 deep cycle batteries in parallel, that should run the refer over night and the furnace.
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rhagfo
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I would think there would be a few more members that have made the move to the 12 volt compressor system.
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rhagfo wrote:Well our cooling unit has failed, pretty sure no cooling on gas or electric. Noticed some dreaded yellow powder and a slight smell of ammonia.
So now looking at the JC Refrigeration 12 volt compressor cooling unit. I have the room for it, and it seems like it should work better then the absorption unit.
Are there any members that have real world experience with one of there units?
Our refer is a Dometic RM2862, the replacement unit runs $785, install is $0.00 as I will do myself.
We replaced the cooling unit 8/3/2018, so got just over four years out of a new unit. A new absorption unit runs $740, and a rebuilt is $450. That puts the cost on par with absorption unit.
We full Time and mostly park host, so almost always have power, we have two Interstate SRM-27 batteries in parallel, if without power.
Last fall I drove to Shipshewana and had them swap my norcold NX8. It took them 1.5 hrs from start to finish. I rooled in at 8am and was on the road for home by 10:00. No regrets. They did a stellar job and I could not see any sign they had been in my camper. They did the swap on the floor of my unit.
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$500 to ship puts you at $1285.00
For that much money I'd buy a 10 cu.ft 12V compressor fridge. I've had my GE 9.8 cu.ft 12V compressor fridge for 3 season and it's been flawless. It's a little power hungry but I have solar and a gen when needed so it works out fine.
The added room going form 8 cu.ft to 10 cu.ft is well worth the swap out. All 12V 10 cu.ft fridges are pretty much plug n play.
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rhagfo
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goducks10 wrote:$500 to ship puts you at $1285.00
For that much money I'd buy a 10 cu.ft 12V compressor fridge. I've had my GE 9.8 cu.ft 12V compressor fridge for 3 season and it's been flawless. It's a little power hungry but I have solar and a gen when needed so it works out fine.
The added room going form 8 cu.ft to 10 cu.ft is well worth the swap out. All 12V 10 cu.ft fridges are pretty much plug n play.
Not sure where you got $500 for shipping, it was $95, I also got a $150 discount as my four year old adsorption unit failed.
We shall soon see how well it works.
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