Residential fridge
I have noticed a lot of the new campers for sell around here have a Residential fridge instead of rv model around here. While the storage space would be nice how would it work for boondocking. We most...
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Keithk3628 wrote:
Thank you Fordtruckguy and Sgfrye, appreciate the explanations, I of course knew you had inverters but I was wondering if they would power a regular big residential fridge. Do most rigs using residential fridge have to use more batteries in parallel than the standard one battery.
I will have to look more into this, I keep a Honda 2000 to run 2 refrigerators at home during power outages here in Florida, maybe I could switch the refers over to inverter and batteries and save the Honda for other stuff.
my rig came prepped with 2 12volts deep cycle. so i can't comment how fridge would run off only 1. lots of people go with the 6v golf cart battery setup that boondock.
the only other thing we use on the road which works through the inverter is the water pump which is minimal. i travel with about 10 or 15 gallons of water in the fresh water tank to use bathroom while on the road. makes fuel and bathroom stops quicker than using public restrooms. one of the reasons we bought TT was to have our own things on the road and traveling. ie shower, bathroom, beds etc.
one note on the 12v batteries i learned. we have a slideout and electric tongue jack. i plug TT 30amp shore power cord in at home to charge batteries and campgrounds. these run off the inverter also. they take alot of power. i always if possible close or retract slide and lower or raise electric jack while plugged into shore power. saves juice in the batteries. if we are on the road and stop for a quick lunch. i will open slide enough to open fridge for food and its no problem.
