My. Fridge

[supersparky]

I looked at that fridge a while back. It is a smidgen too high to fit on our existing space without modifying cabinetry and the non reversible right hand door made it less than practical for our application.
Your install looks pretty good Eddy. Have a look in the hammer store for baby latches. There are heaps of different types and styles.

[T1 Terry]

We use a velcro strip with pieces glued on the fridge door and side, just need to use them when travelling. The clear plastic child safety locks are ok, until the hands get a bit of arther in them, then they are hard to unlatch and you have to find a kid to unlatch it for you If you just pull against them rather than stretch them before you unlatch them, either they come unstuck, or the knob part snaps off once you get the glue sorted ..... then you have the problem of getting the base part unglued ...... I warn against 2 part epoxy for glueing them on, they don't come unstuck, even when you need to get the broken bit off

T1 Terry

[Eddy]

Bernie - I will pick up some of those from Bunnies
Bruce - Doors not reversible - lucky it suits my setup, I was questioning whether it really was an inverter fridge when I saw the initial high current draw, I was thinking why isn't it starting low then ramping up.
David - I followed part Jon_D install re taking back rollers off, I then removed front adjusters and glued a 18mm pine board in lieu, you might be still able to sneak in your opening. I will get the new height if you want - just realised doors swing wrong way for you.

[jon_d]

David - I followed part Jon_D install re taking back rollers off, I then removed front adjusters and glued a 18mm pine board in lieu,

My back rollers are still on. Just made it easier to slide in. I did remove the front legs and replaced them with pins which drop into location holes in the carcass. The concept is the same though.

I gave up on looking for a inverter fridge, and ended up needing a high power inverter to start the Aldi fridge. Time flies, the Aldi fridge is about 13 years old now.

After installing a Victron inverter, I am fairly sure the power consumption of a Victron 3kva using sleep mode and my fridge is close to an inverter fridge using a small 500w inverter constantly on.

[Eddy]

Give us an update on your fridge when you have a chance please. On the fridge thread.

Hi Dave
We have been back about a week from our trip, did about 10,000km with the van in tow - the fridge worked very well for the whole trip.
Probably most noticeable was the vegetables and fruit kept so well compared to the three way fridge we had previously.
I was quite pleased with the power consumption - I wasn't keen enough to keep daily figures.
The biggest test was when van was parked up for four days in Adelaide relying solely on solar to replenish batteries (2xAGM 110ah), shocking weather towards end of May, partial shading of our panels (740watts) from trees. In the morning Victron shunt was showing around 70% remaining. Power usage during night consisted of fridge, inverter, lights, water pump,Tv & device charging.
We didn't take the van over any significant distance on gravel roads to see how fridge would handle corrugations. On our way back from Uluru wanted to visit the Painted Desert, Swmbo wasn't keen to drag van out towards Oodnadatta - so just did a day trip in vehicle.
Operating in the summer will be the next test for the setup
Dave - have you found a fridge to suit the opening in your motorhome ? . Using the Victron Phoenix inverter like Jon_D would give you a wider scope of fridges to choose from.

[supersparky]

Eddy, I'm glad you have had a great trip. Wondered when you would be back.
We still haven't made the big leap yet, but I'm thinking that it will be a CHiQ similar to Bernie's. Unless some new model has turned up. We are currently down in Vic and it's not very warm, so there isn't the urgency of trying to keep everything cold. We have a Master volt 2000w inverter that is always on, so that part of it should never be an issue.