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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mlts22 wrote: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.
I pull certain fuses so the load is less, for instance the light on your tv and radio draws, as well as the propane warning light. When our refrigerator was empty that fuse and the water heater too.
Doing that kept the battery from discharging.
