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CampFridge1
Jan 02, 2014Explorer
Here is something to consider, ammonia absorption refrigerators are energy hogs, and should only be used if you are dry camping and of course some of you would say a Freon refrigerator will work just as well. If you can run your fridge with solar and batteries then your right, but if anytime you have to kick on a generator to compensates to keep your food cold then the fuel you use on that generator has to be figured into the power consumption. Ammonia absorption fridges when a generator vs a propane flame are way more efficient, at that point an 8 cu ft fridge in the winter time uses about a gallon of propane a week and remember winter the sun is not always out. So how much fuel would a generator use running the house fridge at that point?
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