Post by mckaylife on May 18, 2016 15:11:32 GMT -8
My Shasta has the original Astral refrigerator. I had it hooked up and running for 2 full days and never got below 49 in the freezer. From what i read from the previous threads this sounds pretty common.
In hopes of not paying an arm and a leg for a new Fridge I have been babysitting CL. As mobiltec pointed out in SoCal the Dometic RM2551 refrigerators can be had on CL for ~500 . This is not as small as the Astral I had but beats the sticker price on the smaller Norcold/Dometic. Today I found a Dometic that is the same as the 2551 but it is from a late 90's trailer for only 150. The guy said it works without any issues on both shore power and 12v. He said that last year he had a window replaced from his trailer and decided to upgrade the fridge. Not sure why you would replace something if there are no issues but that's what he said. He is not able to hook it up so I would have to take it and verify it works at home.
So question is should I pay a few hundred more and have the piece of mind with a new one, or chance it with a 20 year old one?
In hopes of not paying an arm and a leg for a new Fridge I have been babysitting CL. As mobiltec pointed out in SoCal the Dometic RM2551 refrigerators can be had on CL for ~500 . This is not as small as the Astral I had but beats the sticker price on the smaller Norcold/Dometic. Today I found a Dometic that is the same as the 2551 but it is from a late 90's trailer for only 150. The guy said it works without any issues on both shore power and 12v. He said that last year he had a window replaced from his trailer and decided to upgrade the fridge. Not sure why you would replace something if there are no issues but that's what he said. He is not able to hook it up so I would have to take it and verify it works at home.
So question is should I pay a few hundred more and have the piece of mind with a new one, or chance it with a 20 year old one?
