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Thank you for the tip, good idea to clean once a year especially in the RV which probably gets more dust than in a sticks n bricks.

 

Not going to get an inverter as we no longer dry camp our travel days are never more than 3 or 4 hours (10 am to 1/2pm) stopping for full hook ups each afternoon and we usually park for a month or so at a time.

 

Along those lines the installer mentioned the GE draws more power than the Samsung? I don't quite understand as the amp for each frig is listed as 15?

Funny thing, the tech that replaced my start relay said GE is made by Samsung they put in their own compressor and condensers.

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I would not take the experience with a 5 year old fridge as gospel on will a new one of the same brand and/or design run on modified sinewave power. Samsung now wants you to use a pure sinewave inverter, but used to allow modified sinewave. While a new pure sinewave inverter/charger costs a good amount of money, a reasonably sized standalone pure sinewave inverter is not that expensive, often under $200.

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I always stay at campgrounds by day or month where the electric is included.

So why should I worry about the energy consumption of any refrigerator.

 

When I need to replace my 17 year old 12 cu ft Dometic. that has worked 24/7 for over 13 years Full Time.

I will pick one that is energy efficient/self defrost and fits my present opening. And cost much less then replacing cooling system on present frig.

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I always stay at campgrounds by day or month where the electric is included.

So why should I worry about the energy consumption of any refrigerator.

 

When I need to replace my 17 year old 12 cu ft Dometic. that has worked 24/7 for over 13 years Full Time.

I will pick one that is energy efficient/self defrost and fits my present opening. And cost much less then replacing cooling system on present frig.

 

The top freezer according to post #10 is the most energy efficient followed by the french door. Good point regarding dimensions, the closer the size of the frig to the existing opening the less cabinet work and subsequently less money involved to install. One of the reasons I want the french door is that when the frig doors are open they only go 1/2 way into the already small room.

 

This has been quite a learning experience to purchase a residential frig for an RV. Our original estimate was quite substantial for the labor and materials, When we asked the specifics they said they would have to remove our rear window to get it in then reinstall the window. Glad we asked as we have an emergency window that is approximately 48 by 48 and it can be positioned at 90 degrees or just lifted off the hinges and the frig can come in that way. That knocked off about 10 hours of labor.

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I would not take the experience with a 5 year old fridge as gospel on will a new one of the same brand and/or design run on modified sinewave power. Samsung now wants you to use a pure sinewave inverter, but used to allow modified sinewave.

 

 

The 18 cu ft unit that Samsung now sells that replaced the RF197 that lots of RVers installed uses an entirely different compressor system with a continuously variable compressor rather than the standard on/off cycling that has always been the norm. I suspect that, to a large measure, this is the reason that a PSW inverter is now required.

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We just recently replaced our Dometic 1350 with the new Samsung RF18HFENBBC. It has dual digital compressors and so far has shown to be super energy efficient. It gets the full boondocking test next week when we get to Q for 4 months.

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If you are installing a new residential Fridge DO NOT run it on a modified sine wave inverter. You "might" get away with it. But the new fridges mostly use technology that does not do well on modified sine wave. DO NOT do it. As someone said, a dedicated pure sine wave inverter is not that expensive....

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We just recently replaced our Dometic 1350 with the new Samsung RF18HFENBBC. It has dual digital compressors and so far has shown to be super energy efficient. It gets the full boondocking test next week when we get to Q for 4 months.

 

Not to quibble but you may find that you have only one compressor, but two evaporators.

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The 18 cu ft unit that Samsung now sells that replaced the RF197 that lots of RVers installed uses an entirely different compressor system with a continuously variable compressor rather than the standard on/off cycling that has always been the norm. I suspect that, to a large measure, this is the reason that a PSW inverter is now required.

The Samsung is electronically (read computer) controlled. It will even give you trouble/fault codes as it will self diagnose when the power comes back on.

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It will even give you trouble/fault codes as it will self diagnose when the power comes back on.

 

Actually, the older RF197 does that, also.

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JM: How badly does it stick out of the hole, since it is not a counter depth fridge?

 

We have a 40" fifth wheel. We have no island and no coffee table so it is a pretty wide open space. Also we replaced the dining table with a desk so there is nothing extending beyond the slide-out depth on the opposite side of the kitchen/frig. There is a single handle on the right hand side of the frig as you face it which is less imposing then the double center handle for the french door. I would have loved the 3 door frig but it just didn't fit without major cabinet adjustment/cost this one just slid in with minimal cabinet work. I do love the bottom freezer vs the side by side freezer in our previous RV frig.

 

......................Height Width Depth

our opening 68"..........32.75" ....28. 5"

the new frig 67"..........30..........30.88" (without handle)

Difference......-1 ..........-2.75 ... +2.38

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