Good replacement fridge

I like dometics that are hard wired in. Never once had an issue with one. They are a little power hungry is the only down side but its like 10 to 20 extra watts at most when running so eh.

 

What fridge? We talking a chest type or a front door type? Have you checked the wiring? What brand, etc.?

I have two in my truck these days. A tiny Dometic front door which came in it and a bigger Recpro I just got. The Recpro was cheap for it's size but the quality isn't great. No latch, shelves move around, little bars on the door to keep stuff in place are absolutely worthless. It keeps stuff cold though.

 

I bought a Truckfridge in 2016. Moved it through 3 trucks along the way. Still works fine. Pull it out once in a while to blow any dust off the fan and coil.

 

Its a Bodega Cooler fridge in my truck. Its pretty cool.

 

Fridges draw a lot of constant power, always plug it directly into a outlet or the inverter itself.

Plugging into a power strip with others, increases its chance of cutting out.

Also, look into fridges ment for busses / RV's they are made with a different cooling method than traditional fridges and will withstand road NVH better.

The mini fridges ment for stationary rooms, often die from road abuse in trucks.

 

Sounds like you are talking about AC dorm style fridges. DC fridges (Truckfridge/Bodega/Dometic/ARB/Recpro/etc.) are a totally different animal. They only pull an average of about 3 amps, about 5 with compressor running and 2 or less when it isn't. And they last. Putting an AC powered fridge in a truck running off an inverter is a total power hog and you are right, they don't last very long.

 

Agreed with whoever said Dometic. I like the chest style because it doubles as a table/night stand, even though it takes up a decent chunk of floor space since I went with the 75L.

Can barely hear it running and none of that annoying ping pong ball sound from a compressor rattling around all day, like the dorm style. Even unplugged, it’ll hold temp for nearly as long as a yeti cooler. Have mine set at 0 degrees on the freezer side and 34 on the cooler side and haven’t had a hiccup in the 2 years I’ve had it. Can fit roughly 2-3 weeks worth of groceries. Best 1100 I’ve ever spent in trucking.

 

You won't be able to park your truck for more than a couple days in the summertime without killing your batteries unless you can plug in/charge somehow. And that's with one fridge. I have run two fridges for years and I run one off the truck batteries (fridge that came in the truck) and another off my lithium APU batteries. Still, on the weekends at home I have to plug in to charge batteries.

It's that or turn off your fridge and clean it out every time your off. Not hard with a chest fridge, you can just take it home with you. But it's a pain on built in fridges IMO to shut em down and clean them out every time you're off work.