refrigerator defrost question
I now have my residential refrigerator in my RV. I run it off my inverter, generator or shore power. I don't have a lot of battery power to spare so I disabled the defroster. Another member of the ...
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Frost build up decreases the efficiency of the refrigerator and causes it to run more. The question is does the defroster use more electricity than the loss of efficiency due to frost build up. I suspect it use less electricity without the defroster for the short time frames you typically use the unit. For long term (year after year) use in a residential setting for which it was designed, I suspect using the defroster uses less electricity; however, in that setting a few more kilowatts doesn't really matter.
