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...
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Just some quick math to keep the conversation honest.
24.0 Samsung residential fridge uses 560kWh annually.
That's 1534 Watt hours daily.
Divide that by 12V and you are using about 127Ah daily.
Most of the rigs we're talking about have a 60-150A charger so between two hours and 50 minutes of generator bulk charging just to power the fridge for a day. Longer if you are above 80% charged and in acceptance mode.
600 watts of solar would take care of it most places with as little as 50% of panel rating for 5 hours.
That said if you need to run the genny for an hour every day to dry camp, please don't park next to me.
I try to run no more than an hour every week when we're out in the boonies.
While I will consider the residential unit when mine dies, it pretty hard to beat filling the propane once or twice a year vs the cost ($2400 for the 24 Samsung + solar + batteries and installation)
BTW I'm on year 13 for my Dometic side by side. And yes my ice cream is as firm as in the stick house.
Les
24.0 Samsung residential fridge uses 560kWh annually.
That's 1534 Watt hours daily.
Divide that by 12V and you are using about 127Ah daily.
Most of the rigs we're talking about have a 60-150A charger so between two hours and 50 minutes of generator bulk charging just to power the fridge for a day. Longer if you are above 80% charged and in acceptance mode.
600 watts of solar would take care of it most places with as little as 50% of panel rating for 5 hours.
That said if you need to run the genny for an hour every day to dry camp, please don't park next to me.
I try to run no more than an hour every week when we're out in the boonies.
While I will consider the residential unit when mine dies, it pretty hard to beat filling the propane once or twice a year vs the cost ($2400 for the 24 Samsung + solar + batteries and installation)
BTW I'm on year 13 for my Dometic side by side. And yes my ice cream is as firm as in the stick house.
Les
