Fridge power consumption and operation
Hi there, I am in the process of installing an inverter and making some automatic circuitry to make the transition between shore power and battery power fully automatic. In this process, I am going...
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AnEv942 wrote:Limoges_Camper wrote:
So there is a 120VAC as well as a 12 VDC heating element in yours?
Yes- however I reread your original post and my response doesnt apply-yours is a 2way (Ac & gas) ours is 3 way (AC/GAS & DC). I had 1st read as concern for how much 12v was being drawn due to 12v 'heater'
-which you dont have.
What Im gathering the fridge is one of the items to be disabled when power falls off, and your concern is the 12v it will use because it will switch to Gas when in auto mode and still use 12v for the controls? Though small draw (Ive never measured control 12v required)if fridge will default back to AC/auto when power cut/restored, yet another relay on the 12v feed?
Not quite: my concern is that when in inverter mode, the fridge will "see" the 120 VAC, and thus use it instead of the gas.
I can disable it, but I think I will just run it on propane since it is such a small draw on that fuel compared to how much it draws when in AC mode.
