T&T: 12 Volt refigerator

[Alan McKillop]

"Our old Norcold finally quit, and time to replace. "

We had our 5 year old Never Cold fridge pack it in about 18 months ago. I 
looked at the cost of replacing the unit but found the least expensive 
option was about $1800. I took the fridge to a fellow in Vancouver who put 
in a new 12V only Dan Foss compressor and thermostat for about $850.

 At first I was quite concerned about running only on 12 V but I have come 
to love the new system as it works sooooo much better than the original and 
uses dramatically less power. We have a 900 amp hour battery bank and can 
leave the fridge running by itself for 2 weeks without having to recharge 
the batteries. The unit freezes 2 litre milk jugs full of water, bread  and 
anything else we care to put in the frezzer. The old Never Cold would never 
do that.

If the fridge box is still in good shape and you can find someone to replace 
the compressor and thermostat with a Dan Foss 12V system I would highly 
recommend the move. YMMV of course.

Alan McKillop
"Lameka"
President 41 sundeck