RV vs residential refrigerator?
We are on the fence about trading out our 10yr old Dometic for a Whirlpool residential refrigerator. Because of space in our floor plan, it looks like the only choice still made that small... It loo...
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otrfun wrote:
Assuming one was powering a residential fridge with an inverter that drew 12a (at 12vdc) when the compressor cycled, how long would it take to discharge a bank of four, GC2, 6-volt batteries from 12.7 to 12.2 volts, under a worst case, full-on, 100 percent duty-cycle?
50% of 440 = 220AH/12a = 18.33 hours, but that does not allow for Peukert. The 20 hr rate for 440 is 22 amps not 12, so it should take longer than 18.33 hours. Looking at it another way, at 12a draw the capacity is more than 440 but I don't have the tables to show how much more.
Also ignoring "inverter creep" where its amps draw goes up as battery voltage falls, which will make average amp draw a little higher than 12 but do we need exact numbers here?
