Has anyone tried the icebox conversion kit from VTS?

kathleenc Active Member Posts: 419 Likes: 101 Currently Offline	Has anyone tried the icebox conversion kit from VTS? Jul 17, 2020 10:51:18 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kathleenc on Jul 17, 2020 10:51:18 GMT -8 It's expensive, just wondering if it actually works. vintagetrailersupply.com/ice-box-to-12v-110v-conversion-kit-vts-2057/

danrhodes Global Moderator Posts: 2,906 Likes: 1,142 1965 Field and Stream Currently Offline	Has anyone tried the icebox conversion kit from VTS? Jul 17, 2020 14:01:25 GMT -8 via Tapatalk Teachndad likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by danrhodes on Jul 17, 2020 14:01:25 GMT -8 Personally, if you only needed 110v, id get a junker dorm fridge and take out the element. Maybe even an old 12/100 dometic?
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Has anyone tried the icebox conversion kit from VTS? Jul 18, 2020 4:34:44 GMT -8

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I like the look of the original icebox. Have seen at least one thread where someone managed to get the original icebox door onto the front of a new dorm fridge - but this converter seems to be an easier, if much more expensive, solution. Just curious if anyone has tried it.

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Has anyone tried the icebox conversion kit from VTS? Jul 20, 2020 14:55:44 GMT -8 danrhodes likes this

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Post by datac on Jul 20, 2020 14:55:44 GMT -8

I looked closely at them. My original icebox is missing, and I'd planned on finding a vintage icebox and fitting one of these. Not only are they not particularly cheap, the cooling elements wouldn't fit inside the iceboxes that would fit my trailer, so I had to find an alternative.

This 110v dorm fridge cost me $75, and I rolled the savings towards a 200ah LiFePO4 battery and 350w of flexible solar panels to run the thing. A 12v refrigerator would have been more efficient without the need to run through an inverter, but given the difference in price I could afford to significantly bump up the battery and solar panels, which more than makes up the difference.

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kathleenc Active Member Posts: 419 Likes: 101 Currently Offline	Has anyone tried the icebox conversion kit from VTS? Jul 20, 2020 16:48:58 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kathleenc on Jul 20, 2020 16:48:58 GMT -8 cute fridge - who makes it? I love the handle and curves.

krice530 New Member Hi There, I am restoring a 1970, 13' Seista Trailer, ? on Refigerator/Ice box? AC/Gas? Posts: 2 Currently Offline	Has anyone tried the icebox conversion kit from VTS? Sept 17, 2020 16:50:19 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by krice530 on Sept 17, 2020 16:50:19 GMT -8 What about SMETA 3way?