Residential Fridge Venting

[awheeladventure]

We will soon be replacing the Norcold 2118 in our Momentum 397 with a Whirlpool residential style fridge. It will be tight but should fit in the existing fridge opening. For those who have replaced their absorption fridges, how are you venting the residential? I would like to close off the vents in the rear to help with climate control inside the RV but by doing so would leave very little space for proper ventilation.

[ncitro]

We will soon be replacing the Norcold 2118 in our Momentum 397 with a Whirlpool residential style fridge. It will be tight but should fit in the existing fridge opening. For those who have replaced their absorption fridges, how are you venting the residential? I would like to close off the vents in the rear to help with climate control inside the RV but by doing so would leave very little space for proper ventilation.

I used rigid pink foam in the hole and then had pieces of black matte finish plexiglass cut the size of the old access panels. Been great for three years. Residential fridges vent out the bottom into the living space.

[ncitro]

Here are some photos of my conversion. My fridge was in a cabinet by itself across from the rest of my kitchen so I just removed the cabinet. I probably tried filling the access panel with black spray foam and then black tape but it never looked good. The last picture is the panel I had made. They were not too expensive.

[KamFlyer]

We will soon be replacing the Norcold 2118 in our Momentum 397 with a Whirlpool residential style fridge. It will be tight but should fit in the existing fridge opening. For those who have replaced their absorption fridges, how are you venting the residential? I would like to close off the vents in the rear to help with climate control inside the RV but by doing so would leave very little space for proper ventilation.

We sealed off the top vent but left the bottom one open. Our LG fridge vents at the bottom right at the lower vent. I monitor the temperature back there and occasionally it gets a bit too warm. When that happens, I just remove the panel. The only other time we had an issue was when the outside temp hit around 5 F I had to add a reflectix barrier to keep the heat in.
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[howson]

We will soon be replacing the Norcold 2118 in our Momentum 397 with a Whirlpool residential style fridge. It will be tight but should fit in the existing fridge opening. For those who have replaced their absorption fridges, how are you venting the residential? I would like to close off the vents in the rear to help with climate control inside the RV but by doing so would leave very little space for proper ventilation.

I sealed the OEM vents, too. There is some space (it's small!) around the sides and bottom. No issues to date with the Haier residential install (closely mirrors ncitro 's install). Definitely SWMBO's favorite mod to the trailer.

[awheeladventure]

Thanks for everyone’s replies. We installed a Whirlpool counter depth fridge this past week because it seemed to fit the opening without having to modify anything but the top of the opening and move the propane line back a little. We closed off the vents with plywood and lined the opening with Reflectix. I’m a little worried about having enough ventilation and may add a small wire screen in the lower plywood covering behind the vent. So far the new fridge is working out great.

[Country Campers]

Just remember if you add the ventilation it will allowed cold air in and also hot humid air.

Brian