Battery Life With a Residential Fridge
Like many RVers I decided to replace my troublesome rv fridge with a residential. I have read a lot of posts here and other places about doing so and battery life when camping without shore power. So...
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I don't think there is an issue with adding a third battery as long as it is in good shape. Batteries are not smart and really don't care about mixing and matching, I will test it again when I'm done after I let it sit untouched for a week. Not positive I will be adding it until I do that test. The fridge is a Black and Decker 4.5 cu/ft apartment fridge. I have had it for 2 years now as a spare, it is about 18in shorter than the Dometic it is replacing. Looking forward to the added shelf above the fridge. Ideally a taller fridge would be better and when I get one I probably will do another install, but I have this and the fridge part is larger than the Dometic fridge but the freezer is tiny. Since it can hold my ice cream its large enough for me.
Doing the stress test today since I am home on kid patrol all day. Charged battery last night and have been running the fridge for 8 hours now
Open circuit voltage is 12.52 and running is 12.40
Let's see what it looks like after 10 hours......
I will stop when the OCV is 12.0v
Doing the stress test today since I am home on kid patrol all day. Charged battery last night and have been running the fridge for 8 hours now
Open circuit voltage is 12.52 and running is 12.40
Let's see what it looks like after 10 hours......
I will stop when the OCV is 12.0v
