Thetford launches fridge for van conversions

This year Thetford has introduced a campervan specific compressor fridge, the T1090. It is designed to be a better fit, quieter, more efficient and more powerful.

The new 90-litre fridge has a stepped in shape at the back, allowing it to be installed higher up, where the roofline tapers in. This is a much better position for campervans where aisle space is tight and means no more bending down at floor level to find the butter.

As it’s a compressor fridge (works purely off 12V), no outside vents are needed and so it increases the flexibility of where a fridge can be fitted. However, battery consumption ned to be noted and with this model there is a standard day mode and a specific night mode. During the day the fridge consumes around 0.45kWh per 24 hours, while moving into night mode it drops to just 0.35kWh per 24 hours. Thetford still recommends that at least two 95Ah batteries are fitted to models with compressor fridges.

Usefully, the aforementioned night mode also reduces the noise levels from 32dB to 29dB, which is reputed to be about half the standard daytime noise levels.

It is currently only available to manufacturers but we hope to see it available for aftermarket customers next year (sometime in 2017). Adria and Hymer fit this new fridge to selected models.