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Hi there. I'm Michael with etrailer.com. Today we're going to be taking a look at the door latch for your Everchill, 12 volt RV fridge. This is going to mount between your RV fridge's freezer door and refrigerator door so that when you're traveling, you're not going to have to worry about those doors swinging open and all your food falling out, or there being a leak so that the cold air is coming out and not keeping your food cold. This will turn to the side when you're wanting to use those doors and allow them to open up. But when you want to travel, you can swing that forward and those doors will not have room to open up.Now, there is a three and three eighths inch distance between our mounting bracket and our rubber stopper here.
And that seems like a lot when we don't have the refrigerator door to compare it to. But once we have this mounted, the door is going to stick out probably to about here. So it's really not going to have much room to open up, and then we can turn it to the side so that our door will still function. This is a metal bracket with rubber cushions here on the upright portions. You will need to purchase some hardware to get this installed.
You'll screw the bracket into your fridge. Those screws are not included, but these holes are a one, sorry, three 16th inch diameter. The bracket itself is two and five eights of an inch long by seven, eight, seven inch wide. Our mounting holes are one in five, eight inch from center to center horizontally.Overall height is going to be right about four inches. It's just a little bit under that.
About three and 15 16th of an inch tall. And our total distant from our mounting point is going to be three and seven eighths of an inch. As you can see, this is black. So it's going to blend in well with the fridge. You're not going to really notice it when it's pulled off to the side and it's going to do a good job of holding our refrigerator doors closed while we're traveling, so we're not going to have to worry about our food, getting warm or anything like that.
That's going to complete our look at the door latch for our Everchill, 12 volt RV fridge..
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (259 Customer Reviews)
The latch is pretty flimsy for the price but it will do the job. Ours was already bent upon receipt but we were leaving so we had to use it and couldn’t return it.
The latch had to be customized for my Furrion refrigerator by drilling two holes in my refrigerator and using sheet metal screws with washers to adjust the depth of the latch. It works like I wanted it to so Im happy with the installation. Thanks.
Etrailer is the best!! Their customer service is incredible and they carry all those strange things (like this unique to rving) fridge door lock.
Not sure how long the friction part of the hinge is going to last it was very difficult to move I had to spray some WD-40 on it to get it to move without bending it
Great little accessory you need to have. It took less than 3 minutes to install. I needed a self piercing screw for my second hole, as the distance between the the two holes was not the same in my case. I also needed to shift the latch mor to the side of the fridge as the shaft was not able to go in front if using the pre-drilled holes of the fridge (see pictures).
The fridge I am using the latch with is a house RCA 7,5 cubic feet. It's going in a cargo trailer conversion into a camper.
Clever and innovative refrigerator lock ideal for travel
finally a very easy way to lock and unlock our rv frig door. We have a motorhome and I often need to get something out of the frig while we are traveling. Great quality.
This perfectly solved my RV refrigerator door issue. I couldn’t be happier
We put a residential mini-fridge in our RV. We needed a latch to keep it closed while traveling. Every latch we looked at said "not for mini-fridge." This is perfect! It was very easy to install as the fridge already had 2 holes and screws at the location used. One had to be covered and a new one drilled. The latch didn't come with screws but we used the 2 in the fridge. Perfect for this need!
Just what I needed for a new compact residential fridge I installed in my rv. Now I can keep the doors from opening during travel.
It work and looks good. Only one hole lined up. I ended up drilling another hole for it. Very happy with the product and shipping was fast.
I attached the Everchill RV fridge Door Latch to my Isotherm 12-volt RV fridge in my RAM Promaster van. So far it has worked just fine.
This is an excellent solution for securing the fridge and freezer doors. We used to use small Command hooks (one on the door, one on the cabinet — one pair for each door, and use a small bungee between them. However, they were unsightly and I had one hook pop off.
We did, however, have to modify one of the holes (ream it out, wider) in order for the screws to align properly. It was a year ago, so I don’t remember, exactly, but I think we may have also needed to grind or file down a bit of the metal, too. So it didn’t interfere with closing of the freezer door. (Hence 4 stars, not 5).
After having made it fit, it works flawlessly, is very secure, and doesn’t take away from the appearance at all.
I finally received my refrigerator door latch for my RV today after ordering it in September of 2021. I am disappointed that it is a USED part at a NEW price after such a long wait. It is obvious it had been previously installed on someone else’s refrigerator (note the screw damage in attached picture).
Brooke M.
5/2/2022
Thank you for letting us know. I have sent your information along to our customer service team.
Ordered this for my GE 12 volt compressor refrigerator. Had to make modification to bolt holes so they would fit. Also freezer door was hitting rivet on latch handle. Had to file down rivet so it would allow door to fully close.
Items works great! It did come with some scratches but that didn’t affect how it works and we needed it installed so our fridge wasn’t opening while traveling. Also works to prop open the fridge when not being used.
Saw this product at a RV show and wanted to try out for our fridge in our RV. But bought for different purpose. To help doors stay open while in storage with block behind doors. Looks like very neat way to accomplish this.
Worked great after installation. Used it now on four outings with no worries on the refrigerator/freezer door opening during transit.
Great price I would buy again
Very easy to install, took a little modification due to how the refrigerator was installed but no problems at all.
John M.
8/12/2021
The latch is awesome. Not had one problem with door coming open during travel. No more spilled eggs on the floor. I highly recommend this product. Youll be glad you did.
I bought this latch for the refrigerator in my Ice Castle fish house and it fit perfect. This is the perfect solution my problems with my refrigerator opening while traveling and the mounting holes lined up perfectly with existing holes. I couldn't be happier with this purchase
I have ordered parts in the past and always satisfied. This part was back ordered and they offered an alternative but I ended up waiting for this one. Communication is great with them.
Mike
9/4/2023
Awesome, as long as we remember to use it!
had to elongate mounting holes to accommodate the existing mounting holes on fridge. works as expected , thanks
Just what we needed
Item was delivered on time! Item worked as stated! I recommend including the two screws needed for installation. That was my only complaint.
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Roger
7/19/2022
After a year, I have no complain. There is not much tension applied to this accessory and it is well constructed. Should last forever.