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SlowBro
Explorer III
Jun 30, 2015

Propane fridge -- how many watts per day on propane?

Looking to know how many watts or amps per day on average the control board and fans use. I can't get a good answer with Google. I've seen anywhere from 50 to 500 watts per day on propane. I have a...
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2oldman
Explorer II
Jun 30, 2015
It's around 0.5 amp. It's just amps, not amps per day or watts per day.

Over the course of 24 hours that would be 24hr/day x 0.5a= 12 amp-hours/day if it ran all the time. It doesn't.

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