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sgfrye
Explorer
Dec 12, 2018

question about powering outside kitchen fridge

i have a basic question about options for powering "residential 110v" mini fridge on the road. we traded in our previous 1 slide TT last week for a larger multi slide TT. previous TT had nice larg...
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theoldwizard1
Explorer II
Dec 12, 2018
DrewE wrote:
A 500W inverter would probably have trouble starting the compressor in the dorm fridge. Running it once started would not be a problem. The compressor might not like MSW power any too well.

CONCUR on both statements.

I know there is a BIG price difference, but you would be much better off with a 750W-1000W pure sine wave inverter.

Also, those mini-frdges have notoriously poor insulation.

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