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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ClassAGeek wrote:Don McL wrote:
Jack Mayer has a spreadsheet on his site with different examples.
scroll down to Residential Refrigerators to download the spreadsheet
After reading this summary, it appears that residential fridges @ 100ah are a stretch for those who don't like running a generator or lack an array of batteries with solar panels. I understand that many take great pride in their generator, so I can see how a residential fridge is virtually a 'must have'.
according to the summary a res fridge uses aprox. 3 times the watt hrs as a rv fridge. 1258/375. so switching to the res i'm looking at making up for what? an extra 68ah's
A viable alternative is a small 'beer fridge' for items that are not suitable for a gas fridge (can't think what those are but I gather they are common). These fridges consume as little as 20ah. But where's the fun in that? LOL.
your absolutely correct! now i too can get rid of that gasless "beer fridge" on the sliding tray outside and pick up at least another another 20ah.
and according to the link, turning off the ice will lesson the load by at least another 250 watt/day.
