Traveling with residential fridge
We will hopefully be taking delivery of our new Class A motorhome in the next couple of weeks. The motorhome has a residential fridge. I am assuming that the inverter will keep the fridge running wh...
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The Residential fridge will not draw more amps than your engine alternator can replace so unless you are going to be dry camping for extended periods you will not need to run your generator at all. We just made a 3 day trip from Houston to Denver and everything was exactly the same when we arrived at our campground as when we left. That includes opening the fridge from time to time to get me a cold Coke or the DW some more cold water. If you "must" run your generator then this is a complete non-issue as that's exactly the same as being plugged into shore power.
If we dry camp we do need to run the generator in the evening but that's so we can cook and watch TV and keep all the lights on and still have a fully charged battery in the morning. The next morning we run the generator for maybe an hour so the coffee maker and microwave don't put too much of a strain on the batteries but otherwise, we are pretty much good to go. Some are offended that an RVer should have to run a generator. For me.....I have one....I use it when necessary....I don't care what anyone else things. The generator uses about 1/2 gallon per hour and that's not going to bankrupt me. Well, it almost did when I had to run it 24 hours a day for 9 days straight while working in New Orleans after hurricane Katrina but the work we were doing paid for the fuel +++++.
If we dry camp we do need to run the generator in the evening but that's so we can cook and watch TV and keep all the lights on and still have a fully charged battery in the morning. The next morning we run the generator for maybe an hour so the coffee maker and microwave don't put too much of a strain on the batteries but otherwise, we are pretty much good to go. Some are offended that an RVer should have to run a generator. For me.....I have one....I use it when necessary....I don't care what anyone else things. The generator uses about 1/2 gallon per hour and that's not going to bankrupt me. Well, it almost did when I had to run it 24 hours a day for 9 days straight while working in New Orleans after hurricane Katrina but the work we were doing paid for the fuel +++++.
