Sure have been lots of posts lately on the Dometic, which I understand is a 3-way refrigerator. Alas, my Lola only has a Norcold 2-way (electric only) which is great if I'm going to a plug-in site. While I'm on the road, it operates off DC (the camping battery), and the battery is being charged while I drive. When I stop and plug into AC power, it switches over automatically to AC. Now, in the process of planning a 10-day trip to Eastern Oregon next month, I see some of the campgrounds I wish to stay at do not provide AC power. I'm kicking around a couple of ideas to deal with this. One I believe has already been mentioned on the list, using a cooler and then the refrigerator becomes cabinet space. I might mention here that I also have a small icebox in Lola, that is built into the cabinet directly to the left of the seat/fold down bed. It has a drain. I could use that as my icebox and use the fridge for storage of dry goods (on a 10-day trip this would be very useful). My other thought was to use the refrigerator as much as possible (while driving/plugging into electric at night) and on those days I stay at non-electric sites, figure out a way to place ice into the top of the fridge somewhere to maintain the cold until I can get back on the road/plug into electric. I assume it would have to be contained in some sort of pan for the water runoff and emptied as it melted. I'd really appreciate any thoughts, advice, pratical experience you might have. TIA, Ellen Lola, '85 Vanagon ASI
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