Fridge operation on 12 volt
How long should a Domentic model #RM2554 operate on 24 series deep cycle battery? We bought new battery ran it off 12 volt for 2 hours and battery dropped to 11.77 volts. We have had so many issues wi...
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ScottG wrote:
The thing is Jim, were not talking about doing lots of other stuff like charging low batteries, just keeping up with the 15A needed by the fridge. When that's all the charge circuit has to do then the truck can keep up with a fridge just fine.
BTW, if your alt only puts out 13.8 then there's something wrong with it. S/B more like 14.2~14.8 depending on temperature.
I and many other people I know have used 12V fridges for many years.
14.x normal load, 13.6-14.2 or so under a 30 amp load charging batteries, truck AC on or fans etc would be pretty much average.
In my 45+ years of rving etc I have never ran into someone using a 12vdc fridge... We do lots of runs on our camper/truck camping etc... The camper has almost 200,000 miles on it. in 13 years.
Very few that run an absorb fridge on 12vdc.. I'm talking Truck campers...
Jim
