rcksblr wrote:
Anyway, I had resound to just buying a new fridge and getting one equipped for Propane. After looking into that, there seems to be a good amount of options out there to stick with the residential fridge setup and just go with Lithium batteries or other upgrades. I am not interested in going solar. I do have an 120W portable solar kit that I hardwired to my battery bank to help maintain things. I am leaning toward just putting a Lithium battery for the dedicated Fridge battery as it's got long life and would charge fast. It's just a large cost initially I want to be sure its a good option.
Does anyone have any advice/input on this? Much appreciated!
Do you boondock much ? If so for how long ?
You still have to decide if you want a DC only refrigerator or do you want a residential unit and then an inverter. The residential refrigerator will cost less, but then you have to adding in the cost of the inverter. Most DC only refrigerators have an optional AC power supply that you can use when on shore power, but that is not adequate for recharging a dedicated battery.
If you have no interest in an inverter for the rest of your coach, perhaps a separate battery just for a refrigerator but it might be a good option ! If you only boondock for a couple of nights, I think a 30Ah-50Ah refrigerator dedicated lithium battery would be adequate. Buy a dedicated lithium battery charger and wire it, the battery and the refrigerator positive leads together. Same for all of the negative leads together.
