Residentail refrigerators in motorhomes
Thinking of replacing our old Dometic refer with a 10 cf residential refrigerator and was wondering if anyone out there has experienced any problems with theirs due the bumping and shaking that occurs...
Forum Discussion
ClassAGeek wrote:
I am always fascinated by these threads...
"We ONLY need to run the generator 4 hours a day since adding a residential fridge".
Isn't this a major disadvantage?
Full Disclosure: After 5 years of camping we finally past 10 hours on the generator this summer. That's 10 hours lifetime.
Having to run a generator daily would be enough for me to quit camping altogether. Am I the only one?
That may be the case for some. Those of us who have made the conversion using a proper power budget approach DO NOT in any way shape or form need to run our generator four hours a day. Before we installed our residential fridge we would run our generator during food prep times for microwave, toaster or coffee maker use. The inverters that power these high current items pull lots of power from the battery bank. Since the install of our residential fridge we run our generator about the same. If we don't use those high current items we can dry camp indefinitely using solar and battery power. A single 160 watt solar panel provides enough power to power a residential fridge. Unlike the other appliances a fridge is not a high current item.
To each his own.
