Residential, or reg refrigerator
Anyone with any experience with the new residential refrigerators in RVs. Thinking of buying a unit that has one in it, but not sure if it keeps things cold while traveling. What are the pros and co...
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Hi Snowbird67,
Welcome to the forums!
The limits for running a fridge from an inverter are in a one one relationship to the size of the battery bank, and the state of charge that bank is at.
There also needs must be a way to recharge the bank. That means one of several possible power sources. The cheapest is shore power. The most convenient may possibly be solar. Another way to feed the house batteries is to trundle down the road. This works well in self propelled RV's but...not quite so well in towed units. Finally, the least convenient and expensive way to recharge is to use a generator. For me, the generator is the source of last resort. Others may use their generators on a daily basis--and it fits their RV style quite well. The Cinderella effect is alive and well for RV folks!
Welcome to the forums!
The limits for running a fridge from an inverter are in a one one relationship to the size of the battery bank, and the state of charge that bank is at.
There also needs must be a way to recharge the bank. That means one of several possible power sources. The cheapest is shore power. The most convenient may possibly be solar. Another way to feed the house batteries is to trundle down the road. This works well in self propelled RV's but...not quite so well in towed units. Finally, the least convenient and expensive way to recharge is to use a generator. For me, the generator is the source of last resort. Others may use their generators on a daily basis--and it fits their RV style quite well. The Cinderella effect is alive and well for RV folks!
Snowbird67 wrote:
the one we are looking at does have an inverter. I am happy to hear of no complaints so far.. thank you for answering me.
Snowbird
