Can I leave the fridge propane on while not in the rv?
I am storing the rv for a few days and have food in the freezer, can I keep the fridge running on propane while its parked and sitting un attended?
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pianotuna wrote:
Parasitic loads may be up to 36 amp-hours per day.
Take the size of the battery bank in amp-hours and divide by 72. That may indicate the number of days that the fridge can be run without damaging the battery bank from too deep a discharge.
Thanks for the figure. I wondered how many amps the fridge's control board used... I knew one battery wouldn't last a week, so this week, decided to go with a few in parallel. Normally, I just shut the fridge off when not using my rig on weekends, but trying to see if my beefed up battery bank will handle it.
This is a Dometic two-way fridge that runs on propane or 120VAC... but if the battery voltage drops under 11 volts, it pops the check light on and turns itself off.
