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Pirate1
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Jan 29, 2013

Securing New Residential Fridge Doors/Power Needs

I want to install this in place of my Norcold N821.



I need some ideas on how to secure the doors, besides bungee cords.

Also, I can't find the exact power requirements, but can I get some idea of how to power this up while going down the road.


Thanks.
  • I've measured the draw of many residential ref. and found most of them use about 1.5 kWh per day. If you're inverter is 80% efficient that's about 156 Ah at 12v. To only draw your batteries down to 50% depth of discharge you would need at least 312 Ah just for the ref.
    A set of 8L16 batteries would give you about 375 Ah. Or, 2 sets of golf cart batteries would give you about 430 Ah.
    I agree that a 1,000 watt PSW inverter should be enough. Magnum makes a good one.
  • Pirate wrote:
    I want to install this in place of my Norcold N821.



    I need some ideas on how to secure the doors, besides bungee cords.

    Also, I can't find the exact power requirements, but can I get some idea of how to power this up while going down the road.


    Thanks.


    Good evening. A 1000 watt sine wave inverter would be more than enough to start and run it. It only takes a small amount of power to run it but start up current takes a little stockier inverter. What are you running for batteries and what are your expectations for dry camping. All doable but extra battery capacity and some solar capacity will get you back to dry camping if that is your goal.

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