Permanently wired Fridges

Hi All,

I'm a happy new owner of the 40litre 40th anny Engel, my question is do many of you longer owners of fridges have them permanently mounted in your 4by's for everyday use?

I mounted mine about 4 weeks ago for what I thought would just be a familiarisation time of a week or so and keep water mainly( as my job is fairly labour intensive) plus a few after work travellers of course, but I'm now wondering how I ever did without and can't bring myself to remove it just to put in the garage untill a trip away warrants use.

Can I expect a shortened life span with it constantly running 24/7 and should I put it away untill "really" needed or will I still get a similar "life span" as to a reguarly stored fridge

Hope that makes sense?

Browny