Residential Fridge battery run time
I know there are variables involved here on the manufacturer of the fridge, battery etc... But for those of you that have one assuming the standard group 27 battery the dealer gives you - how long can...
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MNRon wrote:
willald - I have a similar set-up (or had until switching to Lithiums a month ago). 630AHr AGMs, Magnum 1k inverter on Samsung residential fridge, also a Magnum 3k inverter with 125A charger for whole-house.
We found that our fridge alone would average 160AHr/24hr period. So if *nothing* else ran we could power the fridge for ~48 hours. I also am not adverse to running down to ~40% SOC once in a while. Practical experience with boondocking over a few years was that I didn't even think about battery capacity concerns if we plugged in every other night. When boondocking for a week or so I needed to average running the generator about 3hr/day, but didn't have to run it every day (but couldn't skip more than a day, and then needed to make up for the 3hr/day average).
Thanks, Ron, this is very helpful, and is probably very close to where I am. Will just plan on running the generator for a few hours most days when boondocking, and keep a close eye on charge levels. Will most likely work fine.
