Trailer 'Fridge Broken

[kevin_standlee]

Lisa called yesterday with bad news: the refrigerator in the trailer at Fernley is broken. When she realized it, the perishables in the 'fridge were dead. Anything that was still salvageable she moved to the big refrigerator in the house; however, it's very inconvenient not having a refrigerator in the kitchen. Lisa says she will look into getting it repaired if possible, but we might have to buy a new one. On the bright side, Dometic still makes the model RM2510, and, lo and behold, it's made in the USA to boot. But it will probably cost between $800 and $1000, so Lisa would rather look into repair options first.

Removing the 'fridge is very inconvenient, because it's plumbed in to the propane system. (It's a dual-mode electric/propane model.) As she puts it, if she has to pull the 'fridge, she can't use any of the propane-powered appliances — like the furnace and stove — until a fix is in place. This is not something you want to do when the overnight lows are still below freezing.

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[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

Lisa is pretty savvy with this stuff. We've been running the 'fridge on propane one day a month to make sure the mechanism works, so I think that's probably not the problem.

The trailer is currently the only fully-habitable portion of the house right now as we work on renovations, so we want a fully-working refrigerator here, and Lisa is pretty clear that she wants an RV model, even though the trailer doesn't travel that often. She's been living in this trailer for more than fifteen years now, and lived in a different trailer before that, so I tend to defer to her on matters mechanical.

Good to know there are mobile RV services out of Reno. Thanks!