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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
cdevidal wrote:
If the fridge uses 35AH/day that's almost an entire battery per day just on the fridge alone, which absolutely demands I get a 2nd battery.
I figured 12ah. Ambient temperature and being parked facing the sun will be factors.

You have to be very judicious using one battery, and nobody I know dry camps with one. 2- 6v will get you 220ah.

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