Date:         Sun, 24 Jul 2022 08:28:25 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Stock fridge vent delete option
Comments: To: David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com>
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Hi Dave,

The fridge is a wee bit larger capacity. Not much, but more usable space as there isn’t any cooling unit exposed . The top 1/3 can be sectioned off by a neat removable partition and door to make a freezer section.

The overall width is smaller than stock, as is the hight. The depth is a little more though so it does protrude from cabinetry abiut an inch. You can mod the fridge , cut some insulation… to fix that , but I didn’t want to do that.

Cools very nicely. Got this fridge last summer, did a number of bench tests on it. Roughly, from memory, the power draw averages out to around 0.9A per hour at 12.7 volts.  The compressor is very quiet when running, a little less noise than the stock fridge external cooling fan.

There are less expensive fridges ones the market… truckfridge for example. And there is an European fridge…. Might be a vitrifrigo model… that fits the stock space much better. But I got a good price on this unit. And I already have a 200 Ahr aux battery and 160watts of solar, so really an electric fridge is a no brainer.

https://www.dometic.com/en-nz/outdoor/nz/products/food-and-beverage/refrigerators/rv-refrigerators/dometic-coolmatic-crx-50-_-55521

Alistair 

> On Jul 23, 2022, at 9:11 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> Alistair, What about fit?  Dimensions a close replacement for the stock refrigerator?  It is quite a bit bigger, inside volume (cooled space).
> 
>> On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 6:55 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> Yeah I went over. I’ve installed a Dometic CRX-50 fridge. And I repurposed the stock fridge vent .
>> https://shufti.blog/2022/07/23/vanagon-stock-fridge-vent-delete-option/
>> 
>> Alistair