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mrad
Explorer II
Aug 04, 2020

Running a residential fridge on 12 volt power?

My wife and I are getting close to purchasing our first 5th wheel 2 of the models we are looking at have residential refrigerators. A friend of mine said he intentionally avoided a residential because...
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ktmrfs
Explorer III
Aug 05, 2020
Lwiddis wrote:
With an adequate solar system this issue would disappear....batteries, panels, wire and controller.


adequate solar AND SUNLIGHT. A few days of cloudy skies or a shaded campsite can put a real damper on batteries.

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