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jjrbus, I've used the silver/aluminum faced version on several houses with excellent results. My Home Depot didn't carry the white. The last time was 3 years ago to seal a horizontal lap joint in steel/aluminum at the top of a boxed in manufactured chimney. No leaks so far. I was up there this summer for another purpose and all looked fine. At that same job I slid sideways a bit into a handrail. The result was a small crack or puncture in my fiberglass siding about the size of a matchbook. I cleaned the area with MEK or acetone and applied a "temporary" patch. Yep, it is still there. I hate to post anything but questions here as I don't have my toy box yet. But I have used the product - unlike the naysaying experts on camping world's forums. fleamarketeer

Jim, Thanks for checking No. The old cabinet face frame would almost touch one of the chest freezer's sides and then maybe a strong inch behind that. Top and back are good though. I think a bottom or rear coil unit would be fine with a fan to cool things. I'll keep looking. You never know what might turn up. fleamarketeer

Thanks JD and Linda, I wasn't looking for any brand. A friend bought a pallet of scratch and dent reefers and this one had too many small issues on the front to be sold normally. I got a very good deal. I guess the heat is just trapped in the old built in's space. I do have it installed counter to the instructions, so I'm not really complaining. I'm exploring options. It does seem to work well on a MSW inverter but also seems to run more than "normal" if I'm plugged in. I'll keep looking. Maybe I can find something small with exposed coils. Ohio is so cold right now refrigeration is not an issue! fleamarketeer

jdemaris Thanks for the informative post. I'm still looking for my Toybox while living solo in an older Class C on an 1991 E-350. My OE Dometic died this summer. Since I have a little solar and drive quite a bit, I picked up a smaller 2 door electric from Igloo. Not good for someone who boondocks 95% of the time. The sides get very warm (instructions do call for a LOT of side clearance I don't have) and just sucks power like there's no tomorrow. Does your chest freezer have an exposed "coil" thingy on the back or bottom I could cool with a fan or is whatever gets hot built into the sides like my little reefer? Maybe the very warm outside is making the unit cycle too much. I'd love to ditch this power sucker but can't find an affordable 2 way. I've also been seeing the articles about converted chest freezers- a guy in Australia comes to mind who published a schematic with latching relays (whatever those are) for the thermostat and the like. Complicated but the concept has always looked interesting. After black Friday one of the box stores had a small chest freezer for about a hundred that would have gone in my old opening. The salesman said newer units wouldn't operate if exterior temperatures were too high or too low like in a garage- or my motorhome. Any ideas as to why? Thanks again for a real hands on report. Much of what I see on most rv sites is just cut and paste crap from search engines that people claim as their own experience. fleamarketeer