Residential fridge and dry camping
Sorry if this is an old topic. I didn't find too much on a search. With the big push (it seems) for residential refrigerators in new Class A's, I wonder what some are experiencing when camping witho...
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So for those of yuo who seem perplexed at my question, since I previously posted about delivery times etc. If you must know, we ordered the RV back in July. But at some point we were notified that the "non residential" fridge option that we chose, may effect the delivery time. So we began questioning whether it was all that important. It was a $2600 option, but we saved that much when we decided to forego the forward bunk.
Our current RV, due for trade, is a 32' class C. I have 400W of solar on the roof feeding a Blue Sky charger and about 250Ah of AGM batteries. It feeds a 1500W pure sine wave inverter which ties into one of the two 15A circuits in the RV. I do have a 4Kw genny on board but rarely use it. Truth is, I sort of despise generator use. With my current setup I can run everything, including the coffee maker, but obviously not the A/C.
Therefore, I wanted to ask those who do some dry camping/boon docking with a residential fridge, what their experiences were.
We glamp in state and federal campgrounds about 70% of the time. So this was not just a passing issue for me. Winnebago adds an additional 2 (for a total of 4) group 31 Napa commercial grade batteries when you opt for the residential fridge. These batteries however are not true deep cycle in my book, they still have a CCA rating. So I would not be comfortable draining them past 50%.
In the end, we decided the wait and expense was worth it, and did not want to regret a decision down the line. Especially since we were ordering new. I don't think there is a right or wrong decision and do not mean to diminish the reasons some folks opt for the residential. But I did want to hear your experiences. That's all, no hidden agenda. Thanks for your responses!
Our current RV, due for trade, is a 32' class C. I have 400W of solar on the roof feeding a Blue Sky charger and about 250Ah of AGM batteries. It feeds a 1500W pure sine wave inverter which ties into one of the two 15A circuits in the RV. I do have a 4Kw genny on board but rarely use it. Truth is, I sort of despise generator use. With my current setup I can run everything, including the coffee maker, but obviously not the A/C.
Therefore, I wanted to ask those who do some dry camping/boon docking with a residential fridge, what their experiences were.
We glamp in state and federal campgrounds about 70% of the time. So this was not just a passing issue for me. Winnebago adds an additional 2 (for a total of 4) group 31 Napa commercial grade batteries when you opt for the residential fridge. These batteries however are not true deep cycle in my book, they still have a CCA rating. So I would not be comfortable draining them past 50%.
In the end, we decided the wait and expense was worth it, and did not want to regret a decision down the line. Especially since we were ordering new. I don't think there is a right or wrong decision and do not mean to diminish the reasons some folks opt for the residential. But I did want to hear your experiences. That's all, no hidden agenda. Thanks for your responses!
