Question on charging batteries with Gen
We will be picking up our new to us toy hauler next week. It has a 23 CF residential refrigerator and an 80 amp converter. For the 1-2 times a year that I do not have shore power, Would my 2200 genera...
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$900 for batteries / 2800 cycles =~ $0.32 cents per cycle. At that point the SiO2 will have 80% of the OEM capacity, about 2000 watt-hours which is enough to run a residential fridge for approximately 2 days.
That also translates to about fifteen years of use and a cycle cost of $0.16 cents per day.
I'd say it was a no brainer to shift from a greedy energy hog propane fridge to a residential, if one has the choice.
I certainly will NOT replace the propane unit with another when it fails.
Equally, I won't run out and replace the existing fridge. Don't fix what is not broken.
That also translates to about fifteen years of use and a cycle cost of $0.16 cents per day.
I'd say it was a no brainer to shift from a greedy energy hog propane fridge to a residential, if one has the choice.
I certainly will NOT replace the propane unit with another when it fails.
Equally, I won't run out and replace the existing fridge. Don't fix what is not broken.
