Question about our refrigerator
So we have a new Class A with a household frig that is electric. Our travel trailer's ran on propane. So what happens if, for example, we are dry camping? Thanks!
Forum Discussion
Turtle n Peeps wrote:
I have never heard of a frig in an RV that works only on electricity unless it was changed out.jobythebay wrote:
So we have a new Class A with a household frig that is electric.- The first thing you need to do is find out if your frig works "only" on electric power. I would be shocked if this were the case. I have never heard of a frig in an RV that works only on electricity unless it was changed out.
- The ones I looked at had a 2000 watt inverter and four 6 volt T2 batteries. Those T2 batteries look twice as tall as regular battery. Width and length are about same as regular vehicle battery. Cost varies about $450 each. Check inside your fridge. There should be a label about power consumption. If you post those numbers and amount of batteries you have and size you will some good help on how long you can dry camp.
jobythebay wrote:
KD4UPL wrote:
If your rig was equipped with an electric only refrigerator from the factory it should also have included an inverter and a healthy battery bank to power it when shore power isn't available. That's how most people with electric only ref. power them. If you intend to dry camp for very long you will also need a generator or solar panels to recharge your batteries.
If you don't have an inverter and/or a generator then dry camping with an electric fridge won't work.
Does the generator run all the time? It can be noisy I think?
Thanks we get it now. We have a dedicated inverter along with the generator but this thread got us looking it up!!:R- What make and model is this Class A that MAY NOT be properly equipped?
- Running a generator all the time is quite noisy and prohibited in a lot of campgrounds that have generator hours.
You could run it enough to cool the fridge down and then go for several hours and start it again to cool the fridge again. I would find this very annoying if I was trying to relax camping. If a gen. is all you have I would absolutely add an inverter and suitable battery bank. KD4UPL wrote:
If your rig was equipped with an electric only refrigerator from the factory it should also have included an inverter and a healthy battery bank to power it when shore power isn't available. That's how most people with electric only ref. power them. If you intend to dry camp for very long you will also need a generator or solar panels to recharge your batteries.
If you don't have an inverter and/or a generator then dry camping with an electric fridge won't work.
Does the generator run all the time? It can be noisy I think?- If your rig was equipped with an electric only refrigerator from the factory it should also have included an inverter and a healthy battery bank to power it when shore power isn't available. That's how most people with electric only ref. power them. If you intend to dry camp for very long you will also need a generator or solar panels to recharge your batteries.
If you don't have an inverter and/or a generator then dry camping with an electric fridge won't work. - you will need a power source, solar, wind or genny.
