"Residential fridge" and boondocking...
To us, "boondocking" is 2 to 5 days with no generator or solar and maybe even wimpy old batteries. I'm thinking the fancy "residential refrigerators" (with dedicated converter) are a bad idea for t...
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12v absorption is not very popular and not many are 3-way fridges anymore
12v was always a maintenance cooling while traveling mode, and never a primary cooling mode, the 12v heating element was less wattage than the 110v heating element
the average residential fridge uses less wattage than the 110v heating element in an RV fridge, which is typicaly 300+ watts depending on the fridge model, the small ones are 200+
the Danfoss compressor fridge on 12v or 110v uses even less energy than the typical residential compressor fridge and is better insulated so it runs less,
aka lower cycle time,
12v was always a maintenance cooling while traveling mode, and never a primary cooling mode, the 12v heating element was less wattage than the 110v heating element
the average residential fridge uses less wattage than the 110v heating element in an RV fridge, which is typicaly 300+ watts depending on the fridge model, the small ones are 200+
the Danfoss compressor fridge on 12v or 110v uses even less energy than the typical residential compressor fridge and is better insulated so it runs less,
aka lower cycle time,
