Gdetrailer wrote:
Basically adding a little more battery capacity pretty takes care of the problem (and you can not honestly tell me that you boondock full time without the aid of a generator at all).
I don't think this matters - too much - since the OP does not do boondocking. But since you asked - yes, I can tell honestly that I boondock full time without the aid of a generator. Solar takes care of my batteries. I don't even own a generator. My boondocking is not done in Canada, though.
No, you can't just add "a little more" battery capacity to take care of residential fridge. Full-size residential fridge doesn't sip energy, it guzzles it. At the rate of ~80 AH a day, or more. To provide 80 AH, you need exactly one pair of 6V GC batts, and this is for one 24 period only. If there are any other major 120V loads like microwave, you need another pair of 6V GC. Solar of a maximum size that an average RV could carry, would help, but with such a huge energy drain it would still be difficult. 400-600W panel will collect under 200 AH on a good day, and there are bad days too. So generator it will be, for most people. Or - go home on the 2nd night.
