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bob_b1
Explorer
Nov 04, 2013

The Norcold broke (again) and I am going with a Residential.

My Norcold 682 model has had the cooling unit replaced once, the eyebrow board once, the temp probe once and the ignition module twice. The ignition module is now shot and I refuse to put more good mo...
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John___Angela
Explorer
Mar 25, 2014
I suppose there are a bunch of factors that would play in. I don't know what a 10 cubic foot fridge would draw. I know our inverter readout jumps up about 95 to 105 watts when the compressor is on but it only seems to come on for about 20 to 25 minutes per hour. From our experience I think a couple of 160 watt panels would go a long way to covering the needs of a 10 cubic foot fridge. JMHO

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