Heartland Torque 345 and large fridges?
I'm in the market to upgrade from my 13 year old Sierra F40SPTS, which is still in excellent shape. The Heartland Torque model TQ345JM has caught my eye for price and equipment. Anyone out the...
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I only set things up with Xantrex inverter / charger models for keeping all outlets live. I have outlets set up so they only run off the Xantrex. The larger stuff like AC units and MW are on the shore power circuit. Even a small 2000w generator running for few hours on .5 gallons of gasoline, hooked up to the Xantrex will have batteries multi pass charged up in short order. It doesn't take much to meet all DC power and AC outlet needs when boon docking. A residential fridge is a piece of cake.
That being said, Norcold makes full blown compressor RV fridges that run on AC and DC. When on DC, they use about 2-3ah. One can go quite a while on DC with one of those fridges. I have one that has been on continuously for 5 years in a commercial vehicle. I can shut down for the weekend and leave the fridge running and the vehicle starts fine 48 hours later. No auxiliary charging of the batteries. And the 4 group 31 batteries are standard batteries, not deep cycle.
That being said, Norcold makes full blown compressor RV fridges that run on AC and DC. When on DC, they use about 2-3ah. One can go quite a while on DC with one of those fridges. I have one that has been on continuously for 5 years in a commercial vehicle. I can shut down for the weekend and leave the fridge running and the vehicle starts fine 48 hours later. No auxiliary charging of the batteries. And the 4 group 31 batteries are standard batteries, not deep cycle.
