Traveling with residential fridge

georgelesley wrote:

Mile High wrote:

georgelesley wrote:

time2roll wrote:

Two Jayhawks wrote:

time2roll wrote:
You should have no issues in transit. Camping off-grid is when it gets interesting.

We are not big off grid campers but I have friends with residential units that claim it's not very interesting at all. Curious what your take would be.

Depends on how the RV is set up.
Certainly a residential fridge will draw more from the battery than a propane/absorption fridge.

We have a inverter and the refrig is not wired to run off the inverter Check with the dealer to see if yours is so wired and the inverter is sized accordingly. Assume nothing verify everything.

George, Unless I'm reading wrong, I don't see where a 2014 Sunova ever was offered with a residential refrigerator. I see an 8 cf absorbtion standard, 10 cf and 12 cf as options, but all absorbtion type. There would be no reason for those to run off the inverter, because they already have the capability to operate on 12v/gas.

It did not come with a residential fridge but I wanted to run the 12cf Norcold we have on 110v as i do not like to run with propane on I do not wish to ignite that controversy again just my personal preference. When refers would run on 12v that is what we used when traveling our 1000w inverter would handle it but the wiring would have been difficult and not worth the trouble.

I understand. It just made me curious why Winnie would not install an inverter for a residential fridge, but now that I understand what you are trying to accomplish, what you said makes sense. With the RV absorbtion fridge, the manufacturer would not feel the need to have it on inverter.