Residential Fridges

Planning wrote:

pianotuna wrote:
Going with 35 amps and a 1/3 duty cycle that 90 minutes becomes 270 minutes or 6.5 hours. However, in real life, because of the intermittent nature of the load there would be some recovery.

A good solar installation would run the fridge for free forever.

Thank you sir for underscoring the realistic effect of duty-cycle.

Also, one would objectively hope that those disinclined to residential reefers, and with opinions regarding the real world use of them, would also be those who possess experience of using both types in their intended environment.

In other words, how often, during discussions regarding residential reefers, does one encounter someone who after using one then changed to the absorption style.

Good comments and observations above!

I guess what type of refrigerator one wants in their camping vehicle may hinge on what type of camping situations that they wind up in - on purpose or unexpectedly.

We have had great performance from our Norcold everywhere anytime all the time, so far - but it does have 5 coldness settings that we adjust in accordance with outside temperatures. It definitely is not an automatic set-it-and-forget-it refrigerator because of the variety of ambient temperatures it's expected to operate in per our variable camping conditions (unlike a stick and brick home's interior).

We have a wireless detector inside it with a digital readout for it on a wall in the coach. If it's internal temperature starts to creep up to the high 30's in hot outside weather, we just turn up it's cold setting by one number. In cold outside weather we can turn down it's cold setting a notch per it's internal temperature readings. It couldn't be simpler - considering how it sips electricity and propane when drycamping in a campground or boondock site.