AC/DC Compressor Refrigerators
I was looking at a motorhome that was equipped with an all-electric compressor refrigerator. I have never seen one before in a motorhome. I found a video on the net about the pros and cons of comp...
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3 tons wrote:mobeewan wrote:
I've been looking at Novakool. They make Marine refridgerators and freezers that can run on 12v or 24v. One similar in size to the Norcold is only a couple hundred dollars or so more expensive, but they are proven units used in boats. I've seen a couple YouTube videos were people built their own campervans from scratch and installed Novakool units. They also had solar panels installed on the roofs with about 400 to 600 watts of battery.
Since I plan on using solar in the future and building a camper van or enclosed 16 foot utility trailer/camper with 800 to 1000 watts of solar I'll probably go one of 2 routes. One is a large Domestic chest refridgerators/freezer in freezer only mode and a dorm fridge. The other route is a tall Novakool with freezer on the bottom and if needed a small dometic chest freezer/fridge I can fire up if I needed a little extra freezer space.
If I stick with just my 28 ft TT I am considering adding solar any way. I might also replace my weak Norcold with a Novakool.
For the Novakool RFU 6800 they list the amps at 5.2 @12v, so a sufficient of solar to augment makes perfect sense.
I have a Nova Kool 6 cuft refrigerator and 6 cuft freezer and love them! .... they work great! Way better than absorption units!
A 50% duty cycle is a good number to use as prichardson mentioned.
I dry-camp 100% of the time, a properly sized solar system is the only way to roll ..... =)
