Resi Fridge draining batteries, please help.
Hello, Brand new Fifth Wheel owner, Just purchased a 2018 Forest River Arctic Wolf. We took our first trip last week and had a blast. Only "issue" we have is that we decided to get the residential f...
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That WFCO converter won't charge any better off of a genset when you're boondocking.
Solar... Solar is awesome. I haven't been on shore power since I installed solar. I put 200w with a **** PCM controller on my friends trailer and they haven't plugged it in in 3 years. (Propane fridge tho). I can't stand hearing gensets running for hours when $500 worth of solar would fix that problem. (And lots of RVers have killed their batteries through too deep discharge)
As most everybody has said, 2 el-cheapo G24 batteries ain't gonna cut it with a residential fridge.
Those L16 Trojans are great batteries - But you gotta have a friend that can lift em. 4 GC2s are a tiny bit more capacity, cheaper, and in easier to handle cases. But yup, 2 more interconnects. IMHO 4D and 8D sizes are just too dang big to move around.
Solar... Solar is awesome. I haven't been on shore power since I installed solar. I put 200w with a **** PCM controller on my friends trailer and they haven't plugged it in in 3 years. (Propane fridge tho). I can't stand hearing gensets running for hours when $500 worth of solar would fix that problem. (And lots of RVers have killed their batteries through too deep discharge)
As most everybody has said, 2 el-cheapo G24 batteries ain't gonna cut it with a residential fridge.
Those L16 Trojans are great batteries - But you gotta have a friend that can lift em. 4 GC2s are a tiny bit more capacity, cheaper, and in easier to handle cases. But yup, 2 more interconnects. IMHO 4D and 8D sizes are just too dang big to move around.
