Residential Fridge Report
Many folks are asking about residential fridges so here's my report FWIW. Samsung 18cf came installed and with only one battery. Dealership added one at my insistence. They're typical hybrid Interstat...
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If you have enough solar panels, you can run the refrigerator as long as you want - while dry camping. One owner of a DP that is all electric found that he can dry camp longer without running the generator than his older coach without as much solar and a smaller battery bank and gas refrigerator.
The larger battery bank, 500 - 700 watt solar system, and high efficiency inverter all work well to run 4 - 5 days between recharges.
You can buy solar panels for much less today than 7 years ago. SunElec.com had some 140 watt 12 volt panels on sale for $230 last time I checked. Each would put out about 45 AH per day. By putting on as much solar as will fit, you can avoid needing to conserve power or run the generator.
Also if you have more panels, you don't really need a heavy battery reserve, as you are making plenty of power each day to stay ahead of the power consumption. And more batteries means more lost amp hours to the battery in-efficiency.
Have fun dry camping!
Fred.
The larger battery bank, 500 - 700 watt solar system, and high efficiency inverter all work well to run 4 - 5 days between recharges.
You can buy solar panels for much less today than 7 years ago. SunElec.com had some 140 watt 12 volt panels on sale for $230 last time I checked. Each would put out about 45 AH per day. By putting on as much solar as will fit, you can avoid needing to conserve power or run the generator.
Also if you have more panels, you don't really need a heavy battery reserve, as you are making plenty of power each day to stay ahead of the power consumption. And more batteries means more lost amp hours to the battery in-efficiency.
Have fun dry camping!
Fred.
