Small Residential Frig Current Drain Question
We currently have a small, 3.5 cf frig that may consider replacing with a residential unit at some point. The 3.5 cf residential units I've looked at draw about 1.2 - 1.7 amps at 120vac (~6 amps at...
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Thanks everyone, for some excellent info!
Comparatively speaking, very surprised how little 12vdc current the 3-way fridges use. However, I'd prefer not to worry about leveling issues and the high replacement costs---the primary reasons I'm looking at the residential units.
Encouraging to hear many 120vdc residential fridges don't draw nearly as much realworld current as we thought.
What are our chances of a daily, 24 hour duty cycle, composed of powering a small, residential frig, 20 hours on batteries along with 4 hours of generator runtime with a 160-200ah battery bank? This is assuming no other 12vdc load. We have a PD9260 that consistently produces 55 amps of initial charge current in bulk/boost mode.
Comparatively speaking, very surprised how little 12vdc current the 3-way fridges use. However, I'd prefer not to worry about leveling issues and the high replacement costs---the primary reasons I'm looking at the residential units.
Encouraging to hear many 120vdc residential fridges don't draw nearly as much realworld current as we thought.
What are our chances of a daily, 24 hour duty cycle, composed of powering a small, residential frig, 20 hours on batteries along with 4 hours of generator runtime with a 160-200ah battery bank? This is assuming no other 12vdc load. We have a PD9260 that consistently produces 55 amps of initial charge current in bulk/boost mode.
