timjet wrote:
OK, stupid question from someone who does not own a MH yet; How do you power a residential refrig when driving down the road. Large battery bank and inverter?? Surely you don't run the generator all the time.
Mr. Mark did a good job describing his setup. Mine is a little different. We have 16 coach batteries, 8 for the house and 8 dedicated to the refrigerator and kitchen air conditioner. There is a powerful alternator on the engine that charges the batteries en-route and 600 watts of solar on the roof that helps as well. The A/C can run a few hours off the battery alone but I've never measured the exact time. The generator can be set to turn on when the battery level gets low.
In cool weather, I simply use the dash A/C but on hotter days, I'll run the kitchen air conditioner and on really hot days, I'll fire up the generator and run all three A/Cs. It's a good idea to give the generator a workout once a month anyway.
