Residential Refrigerator???

Terryallan wrote:

John & Angela wrote:

Terryallan wrote:

Acampingwewillgo wrote:
You can still dry camp with a residential, it just takes a bit more planning. With all the talk about gas absorption and fire issues, I feel even better about the residential besides the 300.00 cost compared to the 12-1500.00 price tag.

How would you dry camp with a Residential fridge, as there would be no electricity to run it on. I guess then you would just use a ice cooler?

A residential fridge uses 120 volts. An inverter converts 12 volts from the batteries to 120 volts. Solar panels produce 12 volts to charge the batteries. In case of bad weather a small quiet generator can be used to rapid charge a battery bank via a hi output 40 to 100 amp charger depending on the size of the battery bank. We have a large 22 cubic foot residential fridge. We dry camp routinely....and never have to worry about being level.

A generator is NOT an option. Where we camp on the Blue ridge Parkway. There is no such thing as a "quiet" generator. There are just some that aren't as loud as others. but still too loud. And well the trees block the sun. So we are back to the gas fridge or ice cooler. Which for us is not a problem. We have never had one minutes problem from our RV fridge, or cooler.

Good point. I suppose there will always be a place for a propane absorption fridge. We have never been in a situation like that but I'm sure they are out there. When we travel with our little tent trailer we use a compressor based chest fridge/freezer. We run it off a small AGM battery that seems to last about two days. We have a portable 80 watt solar panel that supplements that and we have gone longer. We just keep moving the panel around to where the sun comes through the trees. However, on cloudy days this won't work.

Happy trails.