Can Inverter support crock pot and refrigerator

pianotuna wrote:
Hi,

Here is another solution Stove Top Vacuum Cooker

Boil on the stove and it then cooks for 30 minutes. Not very crock pot like.

Hi,

Here is another solution Stove Top Vacuum Cooker

redwingfans wrote:
Not so sure about running down the road with an open flame. A lot of people say that is a no NO!!

There is no open flame, it is an enclosed flame.

Insurance companies are worried about the slight chance of a propane line rupture in a crash and thus say "TURN OFF PROPANE AT TANK" I trust the excess flow valve to do that if it happens.

Myself, I'm more concercened with a fridge fire.. Now imagine the two following cases. First: For the record, I DO NOT Drive a half million dollars worth of Prevost.

You are going down the road,, Behind you is a half million dollars worth of Prevost.. Your firdge catches fire.. The dirver of the prevost A: Pulls right up beside you on the flaming side, or B: Avoids you like the plague (or c Pulls up on the safe side and lets you know) Answer,, Well for sure it's not A.

Story 2:
You get to the FMCA rally grounds and they pack 'em in like sardines in a can... You turn on the propane (Not haveing shore power) and fire up the fridge,, Go to the opening cermonies, along with the occupants of the half million dollar rig parked beside you and when you return find the Fire Department putting out both your rig, his rig and damage to at least 2 more.

Yup,,, I drive with mine on.

mena661 wrote:

smkettner wrote:
I recommend putting the fridge on propane when using the inverter/crock pot.

X2

X3.
Don't know if this crossed the OP mind, but he can relegate crock pot duties to propane as well. The item is called Dutch Oven. Or French Oven - same thing.

Btw, don't know if anybody mentioned it - not the thread that I am going to read all the way to the end - but 275w fridge on inverter means ~300 Ah out of the battery in 24 hours. I hope their battery bank is at least 600 Ah.

redwingfans wrote:
Not so sure about running down the road with an open flame. A lot of people say that is a no NO!!

a lot more say YES YES!!
the vast consensus on RV forums is that it's fine and they do it.

I worry more about sleeping with propane on vs. rolling down the road.
But I don't lose any sleep over the issue.

when we had an LP fridge it ran 24/7 on lp even when moving..
i have been full timing many years, before i had internet, before i had a DP, before i had a residential fridge

some people are scared to death of propane

but unless your in a long tunnel underground , river , bay etcc..( not through the hill )

there is no real safety issue in having it on

Hi,

I'd do a 12 volt crock pot--or get a bigger inverter.

I must be missing something here. I thought the PleasureWay used a 3-way fridge, so when you're on the road you either run on LP (not advisable) or 12V, not 110v. My Roadtrek has a 3-way Dometic and an inverter, but when the inverter is on it doesn't power the fridge. It is only wired to supply 110v to a couple of outlets.

The inverter can provide the 110v that is used by the crock pot and the engine alternator should be able to keep up, but it may not really charge the coach batteries. (That was the case my Chinook when I tried doing basically the same thing,) As an alternative one could get a 12V crock pot from RoadPro (used by truckers) and plug into the dash. The problem here is that the dash 12V outlet probably isn't wired heavy enough to handle the load and you risk over taxing the vehicle wiring. (Lower voltage usually means higher amps to get the same power/watts.)

I did the crock pot on the road thing once and arrived with less than a full charge on my coach battery and mostly cooked supper. I tossed the crock pot out when I got home and haven't used it since in the RV.

As others have said, the efficiency of the inverter usually means you're not going to get the full wattage out that it is spec'd for. Mine is a 750w inverter and my 600w coffee pot can trip it, to say nothing of what it does to the batteries making just one pot of coffee. I now use a percolator on the stovetop and use the inverter for running my razor and the GF's blender and charge her iPhone.

I doubt both would work at the same time. I have seen that an inverter rated to X watts really won't handle that kind of an output for long. I use double the 1/2 the watts of the rating as the max usage. Additionally, how the inverter is wired will be a larger determining factor. You need large wires from the batteries to the inverter or the DC volts you are trying to suck out will over load the circuit. This all, of course, assumes that you have enough batteries in your coach to be able to handle a long term draw without dropping to an unusable voltage. Check the battery banks AH rating and add more batteries if necessary.