Refrigerator stability

[VanKitten]

I have been looking at videos on various builds.

I see these top loading refrigerators on slides.  Next to the galley, etc

But, I haven't yet seen how they are kept in place.   One was on a slide...so the slide could be locked down..but what keeps the refrigerator itself from rolling sideways right off the sliding shelf on a sharp turn?

I have been think about a tallish "wall".   Maybe about 10 inches high...but, would even that be enough?   I have to be careful to not block the flow of air .    I will have complete, unobstructed access from the top regardless.   Just don't "get" how they are kept in place ... forward/backward and side to side.   Anyone have pictures of how they did it?

 

[highdesertranger]

no pic, but you attach it to the slide. some of the manufactures make slides and feet that attach the refer to the slide but they are pricey.

https://www.engelcoolers.com/12volt-fridge-freezers.html , here's Engels slide lock go to the bottom of the page under accessories. note this is just the lock the slide must be purchased seperately. the slides are under the ice chest section(coolers) and are about 250 bucks.

https://www.amazon.com/ARB-10900021-Quart-Fridge-Freezer/dp/B007KEURN4 . here's the ARB slide and lock down.

see what I mean by pricey. highdesertranger

 

[Almost There]

I was worried about my freezer sliding out and then coming down the middle of the van to greet me as well.

I put my freezer on a platform that I built with 4 small casters I got from Home Depot. I did this because the price of the heavy duty slides in Canada was just plain obnoxious. The platform is made with 3/4" plywood and then I built edges to keep it from coming off the platform with 1/2 square dowelling. It creates enough of a lip that the freezer isn't coming off that platform.

At first I engineered a gate that locked in place in front of the freezer with 2 barrel latches going in to 2 holes drilled in the walls of the cabinet. Then I had to redesign one wall for a stupid mistake I'd made in measuring things. There was nothing for the barrel latch to go in to so that ended that idea...sigh!1111111

I found that the weight of the freezer unit (65qt Whynter) and the weight of the food inside (it's always full... ) means that it weighs so much that getting it in and out of it's place under the counters is a pull and tug war anyways.

I simply keep my rubbermaid footstool in the aisle so that the freezer can't roll all the way out anyways. It's only ever come out a couple of inches in all the miles I've done anyways....now I don't worry about it.

 

[MrNoodly]

For a few months I had my Dometic CF fridge -- tall, narrow, top-loading -- just sitting on the floor between the seats. I was surprised it never tipped or slid. They're surprisingly stable. If you had one on a sliding shelf, and the shelf was locked in place, I think all you'd really need is a half inch lip and maybe a bungee cord about half way up in case it tilts. However much of a lip you use, you need to keep the fridge's vents unblocked.