electricity for travel trailer
I have a Honda Ridgeline truck pulling a Jayco Eagle pop up. We are camping at a site with no electrical hookup. What type of equipment/setup do I need to power a 120V refrigerator? Thank you.
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Is this trip to a dry campground unique? For a one trip deal I would suggest you get a cooler and some blocks of ice and use that for a week. There are members here that do run 120v fidges but they have spent a lot of money making it so they can.
Of your options
A small inverter generator is the easiest except that you can not run one 24/7 in most campgrounds. They usually allow a few hours in the morning and again in the evening. That's a lot of time the fridge will have to hold it's own without running including over night.
To keep it running in between you will need a larger battery bank and a inverter to provide 120v .
Those batteries wont last a week so you are back to having a generator to charge them or at least a simple solar set up.
This is why I suggest a cooler with ice blocks if it is a unique trip for you.
Smaller inverter generator $500-900.
Battery bank and inverter maybe $600
Simple solar system $400 or so
Since we only camp without hook ups we have spent the money to be able to do so, I would not have done so for the occasional trip.
If your fridge is a smaller dorm style, you might want to talk to westend. He runs a small dorm fridge off of batteries and solar.
Of your options
A small inverter generator is the easiest except that you can not run one 24/7 in most campgrounds. They usually allow a few hours in the morning and again in the evening. That's a lot of time the fridge will have to hold it's own without running including over night.
To keep it running in between you will need a larger battery bank and a inverter to provide 120v .
Those batteries wont last a week so you are back to having a generator to charge them or at least a simple solar set up.
This is why I suggest a cooler with ice blocks if it is a unique trip for you.
Smaller inverter generator $500-900.
Battery bank and inverter maybe $600
Simple solar system $400 or so
Since we only camp without hook ups we have spent the money to be able to do so, I would not have done so for the occasional trip.
If your fridge is a smaller dorm style, you might want to talk to westend. He runs a small dorm fridge off of batteries and solar.
