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05-31-2015, 06:36 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21 -- The Skylark. Towed by a 2014 Highlander
Posts: 1,159
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Has anybody installed a wine cooler in their Escape?
Duke and I were chatting while we were on the Friday Wine Tour, and discussing how hard it was to store wine in the trailer. I remembered that I had seen a Dometic Wine
Chiller in their catalog, and wondered if anyone has installed one of them. It is just over 16" high, which I think means it should fit well under one of the seats, or maybe even under the bed.
I am surprised I can't find any mention in the forum of someone who has done this. I have always wanted a wine cellar in our trailer.
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06-01-2015, 09:41 AM
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#2
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: SLO County, California
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21C 2019 Expedition
Posts: 5,213
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Our 21 came with one standard- I believe it is the RML (which auto spell changes to RANK) 8555.
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06-01-2015, 12:10 PM
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#3
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Ventura County, California
Trailer: 2013 19 Escape
Posts: 7,204
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rossue
Our 21 came with one standard- I believe it is the RML (which auto spell changes to RANK) 8555.
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I've got one too . The RML 8551. Pat
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06-01-2015, 02:04 PM
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#4
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, Alabama
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0 Classic
Posts: 279
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rossue
Our 21 came with one standard- I believe it is the RML (which auto spell changes to RANK) 8555.
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That is strange. Are there different verslons of the 8555? Our 8555 is à gigant beer Cooler
But all jokes a side. I have never seen somebody with à wine Cooler in their trailer.
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06-02-2015, 10:13 AM
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#5
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Canyon Lake, Texas
Trailer: 2015 19 "Past Tents", 2021 F150 Lariat 2.7L EB
Posts: 10,222
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Yeah, I'm confused Sevi. A wine cooler standard? [emoji6]
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06-02-2015, 12:09 PM
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#6
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Commercial Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21 - "Felicity"
Posts: 2,945
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LeonW
Duke and I were chatting while we were on the Friday Wine Tour, and discussing how hard it was to store wine in the trailer.
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We store our wine in the shallow floor cabinets alongside the wheel wells (Escape 21.) Velcro taped some movable ABS widgets to protect bottles & store tall things:
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06-02-2015, 12:41 PM
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#7
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St. Thomas not BVI., Ontario
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0TA / 2016 Ram Eco Diesel 4X4
Posts: 8,038
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Hi: tractors1... Whine in our 5.0TA doesn't last long enough to be a storage issue. We have a refueling tanker that follows us !!!Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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06-02-2015, 05:20 PM
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#8
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 1979 Boler B1700
Posts: 14,935
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A cooler which is compact, can be DC-powered, and is billed as "absolutely vibration-free" and limited in capability to "up to 64F below the ambient temperature" is usually a thermoelectric design - not absorption or compressor-based. That means it is not very efficient or effective, but maybe good enough for wine.
We tried a similar unit in a different RV - to have a refrigerator which would run reliably unlike the RV absorption unit - and the one we had (not Dometic brand) turned out to be unreliable. The consequence of failure in a wine cooler seems low, so it might be a good lightweight compromise.
I don't know how well the wire racks would hold wine bottles in a moving RV - I would expect them to roll around a lot, which would not be desirable.
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06-03-2015, 01:33 PM
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#9
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Emerson, Manitoba
Trailer: 2016 Escape 5.0TA, 2022 F150 2.7EB
Posts: 1,848
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Quote:
Originally Posted by escape artist
Hi: tractors1... Whine in our 5.0TA doesn't last long enough to be a storage issue. We have a refueling tanker that follows us !!!Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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Now who is it Alf that does the whining? Now I know why you left us your bike rack, you now use the receiver for your wine tanker
Adrian
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