Question regarding residential refrigerators
We are tossing around the idea of ditching our toy hauler and going the traditional 5th wheel route. Some of the 5th wheels we are interested in only seem to be offered with residential refrigerators...
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A modern residential refrigerator doesn't use a tremendous amout of electrical energy (though the startup surge can be pretty substantial, hence the need for a decent sized inverter if running off of battery power). The typical energy star stickers I've seen are around 1 kWh per day. Provided you have a way of getting that much power into your batteries, and the battery bank is reasonably sized, you won't have any problems at all. For many people perhaps 200W or so of solar power would suffice under most circumstances, though of course that depends on where you're setting up camp. In the woods, shaded by trees, solar is not so effective!
In short, the answer is that it most likely needn't pose a problem, but you do have to make adequate preparations (or check for adequate equipment) to make sure that's the case. Not a few fifth wheels are set up from the factory with the assumption that the owners will not generally camp without electric hookups.
In short, the answer is that it most likely needn't pose a problem, but you do have to make adequate preparations (or check for adequate equipment) to make sure that's the case. Not a few fifth wheels are set up from the factory with the assumption that the owners will not generally camp without electric hookups.
