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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steved28 wrote:Ivylog wrote:
My generator time has actually decreased after going residential BUT I added another 100A charger. 1.5 hours generator in the evening and 1/2 hour in the morning is all I need. Without a doubt, going residential is my best DIY project...helps that the NiCold was that bad.
Why was your generator use higher prior to this? It doesn't really make sense that the fridge change would cut down on generator hours if you were running on propane. Regardless, still too much running time for me, my goal is zero.
Guess I should have done this BUT I added another 100A charger. My 2012 inverter/charger has never put out it's rated 100 amps...closer to 70 so by adding an additional 100A charger (that does put out 100A) I've more than doubled my charging capacity. Anytime you run a high amp appliance, you need to crank your generator unless you have 1000+ W solar and close to that in AH batteries. When the DW starts dinner she cranks the generator and we shut it off after 1.5 hours. In the morning when making coffee I run it for half an hour.
"my goal is zero" generator...good luck with that because with everything turned off you will still have 2-3 amps parasitic power draw 24/7. Those gremlins is why the residential power link you provided is poorly done...did not measure the power at the refer plug. My real world #s for a 21 cuft Whirlpool measured at the input to the PSW inverter is 8 amps (12V) or 96 watts. My duty cycle is less than 50% based on being able to run it for 36 hours on two 125AH batteries before getting to 12.1 V.
