My mother recently moved, full time, into a 12 yr. old fifth wheel that had been lightly used and appeared in good condition. It's in a permanent location, running on shore power from a post type breaker box in the ground outside.
This week the refrigerator/freezer unit quit working. It still wouldn't operate after switching to propane so we were told that it would either need an expensive replacement of the heating element or even more expensive cost to replace the entire appliance. It was recommended that we replace it with a standard 9 cu. ft. apartment refrigerator as the cabinet can be customized to accommodate the size and this RV will never go down the road again.
My question is; has anyone here done this or is familiar with that conversion? How complicated is it to shut off the existing refrigerator propane feed so that an AC appliance is operating safely in the same space? I would have it done professionally, if it is feasible.
We know very little about these units and it didn't come with a systems manual so I greatly appreciate any insight those of you with knowledge about this can offer.
Thanks,
Randi
This week the refrigerator/freezer unit quit working. It still wouldn't operate after switching to propane so we were told that it would either need an expensive replacement of the heating element or even more expensive cost to replace the entire appliance. It was recommended that we replace it with a standard 9 cu. ft. apartment refrigerator as the cabinet can be customized to accommodate the size and this RV will never go down the road again.
My question is; has anyone here done this or is familiar with that conversion? How complicated is it to shut off the existing refrigerator propane feed so that an AC appliance is operating safely in the same space? I would have it done professionally, if it is feasible.
We know very little about these units and it didn't come with a systems manual so I greatly appreciate any insight those of you with knowledge about this can offer.
Thanks,
Randi