Residential Fridge Misc. Topics
Since I've made the tentative decision to replace my Dometic with a Samsung when we return from our summer trip I've been mulling over a few details. One of those is securing the doors while traveling. I've seen quite a few OEM installation where they used a device attached to the freezer door with a little "J" hook that rotates up and grabs the two fridge doors. What are they called and where can one find them??
Second is the age old question of power use when on the inverter.
I've seen several post where (sometimes)a second dedicated set of batteries and a separate dedicated inverter is used and I don't understand why that is better than just tapping into the the existing inverter and battery bank. Looking at the battery loading it would appear that the fridge would draw roughly 19 amp while running which isn't insignificant but still not that bad since it does't run all that often.
Has anyone played with the duty cycle?? It would seem that raising the freezer temp to....10 to 20 or so and fridge to...42 would really drop the load power requirement and the temps would be in the range associated with an absorption unit.
Thanks for any input.
Second is the age old question of power use when on the inverter.
I've seen several post where (sometimes)a second dedicated set of batteries and a separate dedicated inverter is used and I don't understand why that is better than just tapping into the the existing inverter and battery bank. Looking at the battery loading it would appear that the fridge would draw roughly 19 amp while running which isn't insignificant but still not that bad since it does't run all that often.
Has anyone played with the duty cycle?? It would seem that raising the freezer temp to....10 to 20 or so and fridge to...42 would really drop the load power requirement and the temps would be in the range associated with an absorption unit.
Thanks for any input.
