Danfoss type refrigerator questions....
Danfoss type refrigerator questions.... We are thinking of replacing our still working ten year old Dometic 2662 with a Vitrifrigo dp2600iAc. Our trailer has 400 watts of solar and two group 24 ...
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Thanks for all the replies, lots of good info here.
As of now we are leaning towards installing the Vitrifrigo and two Trojan T145's for 260 amp hr.
We would like to get away from the absorption fridge and its performance and safety issues. The cost of an automatic fire extinguisher (the dogs are at times alone in the trailer)and and ARP control on top of the price of a new 2662 would be more than a Danfoss 12v unit and still have marginal performance at best.
I would like to go with four GC-2 batteries but can't find a good place to mount them. The only place they would fit without extensive mods would be in a forward outside storage compartment. We would lose most of our outside storage and add about a 120lbs of tongue weight on top on the additional weight from upgrading from two group 24's to GC-2's.
The price of four good AGM's is also almost halfway to the cost of "homebrew" lithium setup.
Two Lifeline GPL-6CT's would give us 300 amp hr but they too would probably have to go in the same compartment...I can't raise the current battery box(it would interfere with the compartment door) and making it deep enough to hold the GPL-6CT would make it the lowest part of the trailer.
Which brings me back to the T-145's. I can fit these in the modified battery box and get a small increase in capacity at the cost of shorter life as compared to T-105's.
I might try to add two 100 watt panels to the topper of the tow vehicle on removable mounts so I could also use them a ground deployed array.
We'll shlep the Honda with us and hope to not have to use it too often.
If we find that we are constantly using the genny I guess I'll have to start saving for a 400 amp hr lithium battery bank. (after pricing these thing I know why they call it a bank...)
As of now we are leaning towards installing the Vitrifrigo and two Trojan T145's for 260 amp hr.
We would like to get away from the absorption fridge and its performance and safety issues. The cost of an automatic fire extinguisher (the dogs are at times alone in the trailer)and and ARP control on top of the price of a new 2662 would be more than a Danfoss 12v unit and still have marginal performance at best.
I would like to go with four GC-2 batteries but can't find a good place to mount them. The only place they would fit without extensive mods would be in a forward outside storage compartment. We would lose most of our outside storage and add about a 120lbs of tongue weight on top on the additional weight from upgrading from two group 24's to GC-2's.
The price of four good AGM's is also almost halfway to the cost of "homebrew" lithium setup.
Two Lifeline GPL-6CT's would give us 300 amp hr but they too would probably have to go in the same compartment...I can't raise the current battery box(it would interfere with the compartment door) and making it deep enough to hold the GPL-6CT would make it the lowest part of the trailer.
Which brings me back to the T-145's. I can fit these in the modified battery box and get a small increase in capacity at the cost of shorter life as compared to T-105's.
I might try to add two 100 watt panels to the topper of the tow vehicle on removable mounts so I could also use them a ground deployed array.
We'll shlep the Honda with us and hope to not have to use it too often.
If we find that we are constantly using the genny I guess I'll have to start saving for a 400 amp hr lithium battery bank. (after pricing these thing I know why they call it a bank...)
