New 12 volt compressor refrigerators

JimK-NY wrote:

valhalla360 wrote:
... So for a single overnight, it's doable but multiple days of boondocking are not going to work.

Our solution:
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- In the morning run the generator for an hour. With a 50amp converter, that's around 500amp-hr in.

Typo? A generator running for an hour with a 50 amp converter with provide 50 AH of power to the battery. If you are lucky. Many converters drop down in amps when the to maintain an absorption voltage of 14.3.

Opps, meant 500w-hr.

50ah ~ 600w-hr (I downgraded it to 500w-hr)

If it's dropping down, that means the battery is getting to upwards of 80-90%...then the small solar panel can make up the difference slowly over several hours.

If we boondocked a lot, we would look to upgrade the solar to take the generator out of the mix but with only occasional off grid, generator makes more sense to do the bulk charging.