M1010 Mike
Senior Member
Not to get into the discussion of 3-way fridges versus compressor fridges. For us the compressor style will work better for us. Overall this was a very easy and quick swap. Not including a trip to Home Depot for a piece of birch to fill the upper gap (cosmetic) it took about an hour. I still need to get a plug to cap off the propane line. The fridge I got was a Nova Kool R2600 DC fridge. It was almost a direct external size swap as the Norcold 323 3-way that was in the camper. I needed a 3/4"x3/4" piece of wood to close up the opening at the top.
Well, here's the pics.
Old fridge
Test fitting new fridge
Gap at top
Piece of birch, nailed in place with a crown nailer
Showing top of fridge
Back showing compressor and other parts
Well, I forgot to take any pics all done but it looks like the test fit ones without the gap at the top. The factory FWC wires had the same connectors so I was able to just plug those wires onto the new fridge and fired it up. It's very quiet as we didn't even think it was running until we opened it and could barely hear the compressor. It was really nice being able to run this on my sloped driveway!!!
Other nice thing was I gained capacity. Old fridge was 1.7 cf (47 quart) and the new one is 2.4 cf (65 quart). All in the same basic footprint.
Can't wait to get out and test it more. Thanks to everyone who helped me decide on a DC only versus an AC/DC version. Since the camper has a converter, the fridge still runs on DC even when plugged in yet I saved $150 over the AC/DC version.
Hope this is informative and helpful.
Happy camping!
Well, here's the pics.
Old fridge
Test fitting new fridge
Gap at top
Piece of birch, nailed in place with a crown nailer
Showing top of fridge
Back showing compressor and other parts
Well, I forgot to take any pics all done but it looks like the test fit ones without the gap at the top. The factory FWC wires had the same connectors so I was able to just plug those wires onto the new fridge and fired it up. It's very quiet as we didn't even think it was running until we opened it and could barely hear the compressor. It was really nice being able to run this on my sloped driveway!!!
Other nice thing was I gained capacity. Old fridge was 1.7 cf (47 quart) and the new one is 2.4 cf (65 quart). All in the same basic footprint.
Can't wait to get out and test it more. Thanks to everyone who helped me decide on a DC only versus an AC/DC version. Since the camper has a converter, the fridge still runs on DC even when plugged in yet I saved $150 over the AC/DC version.
Hope this is informative and helpful.
Happy camping!