Ivylog wrote:
I spent way too much money keeping my NoCold 1200 going because of the myth spread on this forum that you cannot boondock with a residential refrigerator. In the summer we usually boondock 5 days/week.
Two batteries will run my 21 cuft refer for 30 hours before needing to be recharged. It draws 8 amps DC (96 watts) measured before the inverter and the duty cycle is 40%. That's 75 AH/day. No need to shut it off at night BUT I do turn the icemaker off until I crank up the generator for the hour at dinner and half hour in the morning when making coffee...actually less than before going residential as I add another 100 amp charger and I'm up to 500W of solar.
Thanks for the info. The 75AH/day isn't bad.
