Residential Fridges
I see a few posts about residential fridges obviously running one in a campground is not an issue, but can you run one on the road or boondocking and for how long typically? I assume an inverter of ...
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Bill.Satellite wrote:
Yes. RV's with a residential fridge also has an inverter and increased sized battery bank. Some add solar to help if they plan to boondock a lot or just plan to run the generator a few hours in the morning and a few more at dinner time.
The inverter can be a smaller (1000W ish) inverter just for the fridge but most have a whole house inverter (2000W or higher) that also powers the fridge. Having the larger inverter is good if you also have a larger battery bank as the larger inverters will have a much better battery charger to top off the batteries quicker if you do need to run the generator.
X2 Most big rigs need 2-3 hours of generator time even without a residential refrigerator. I added a 2nd system (batteries, 1000W PSW inverter, and 100A charger) for my 21 cuft refer install. 2 batteries will power it for 30 hours before needing to recharge...longer than the house batteries. Best mod ever.
