Residential Fridge - battery power
We just replaced the Norcold with a residential refrigerator. The question is - if I turn on the inverter will it run the refrigerator without harming the batteries?
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As Tex says, there is a lot of information missing.
Lots of people have done it, and we did it too, though temporarily, when our Norcold was out of service. We bought a small dorm fridge, and it worked fine, plugged into our system. But also like Tex, we have a larger battery bank, and solar panels to help during the day. Heck, I can actually run the A/C for a short time....an energy efficient fridge should be nothing.
Once you get your numbers for the Inverter and batteries, you can calculate what the system will handle. Then, look for a fridge that will work within those parameters....though you may find that you will need to add additional batteries and upgrade our Inverter.
As far as the fridge's draw from the inverter hurting the batteries, I don't think that would be an issue, though you may find that the inverter trips off, if there is to much load, or it may be so close to the capacity, that the batteries just drain too fast to make the conversion worthwhile/
Good Luck:)
Lots of people have done it, and we did it too, though temporarily, when our Norcold was out of service. We bought a small dorm fridge, and it worked fine, plugged into our system. But also like Tex, we have a larger battery bank, and solar panels to help during the day. Heck, I can actually run the A/C for a short time....an energy efficient fridge should be nothing.
Once you get your numbers for the Inverter and batteries, you can calculate what the system will handle. Then, look for a fridge that will work within those parameters....though you may find that you will need to add additional batteries and upgrade our Inverter.
As far as the fridge's draw from the inverter hurting the batteries, I don't think that would be an issue, though you may find that the inverter trips off, if there is to much load, or it may be so close to the capacity, that the batteries just drain too fast to make the conversion worthwhile/
Good Luck:)
