residential refrig.
I have a question with several variables. I'm thinking of putting a residential refrigerator in my fifth wheel. We only travel 8 hours max per day. About how warm would it get in the refrigerator wit...
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wanderingaimlessly wrote:
In Texas heat, I wouldn't unless you want to install an inverter to power it from your batteries while travelling.
AllegroD wrote:
Do you have a good charge line from TV to 5vr? I would use an inverter.
This has been discussed many time before. With any tow vehicle built after about 2000, there is inadequate voltage delivered to the trailer to charge those batteries as the charging voltage at the tow vehicle battery is only about 13.2V after the engine warms up. Adding a heavy gauge charge line will not help.
Whether this is sufficient to keep and inverter running is a toss up ! If you want to keep the trailer batteries charged (so that they have plenty of juice when you make "pit stops" on the road) you really need to invest in a DC-DC charger. Redarc, Renogy and CTEK all make one.
