How long to pre-cool a 3-way fridge (2022 400 Boondock)

Jay_and_Kat

Counting down the days to our first trip, and knowing we're going to need to pre-cool the fridge (Norcold 3-way,) trying to decide how soon before the trip to get the camper in our drive and plugged in to start cooling.

At home, we'll be on normal house current (15A / 120V) and at the campsite we'll be on a 30A hookup, so other than the drive (~4hrs) we'll be on AC the whole time.  Right now, if we bring it home when planned and get it hooked up, it'll have about 24hrs plugged in before we leave.  We might help it along, too, by tossing in some various size jugs of ice we've used to keep our home freezer full.

So, any recommendations?  Best case, we could probably get a 36hr pre-cool in by bringing it home earlier.

marleecamps

My 2021 400 has the 3-way.  I plug it in the day before leaving and turn on the frig.  Always cold and ready to go the next morning.  As discussed in other threads, make sure all your grocery and beverage items are prechilled before loading.

bergger

Pre-chill the day before and prechill drinks and food as mentioned above.  If we have extra space in the fridge and are traveling on a longer trip we will put freezer packs in the fridge to help keep the temps down as the fridge on 12v does not do the best.