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JoeH
Explorer III
May 15, 2013

Battery/electrical experts -- question on refrigerator

I was wondering how long a residential refrigerator will run on a bank of 8 - 6 volt golf car batteries before the gen start kicks in for low voltage ( kicks in at 11v according to manual) ? The e...
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MrWizard
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May 15, 2013
it's a residential fridge
you don't need 24 hrs to pre cool it
2 hrs maybe less it will be at operating temp
once you turn on a 120vac compressor fridge, the compressor runs until the fridge is cold
and it does not take long

want to run it overnight find.. no problem you have more than enough battery power

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