New Travel Trailer with Residential Refrig.
We were out looking at some new travel trailers tonight and several had 10.7 cu residential refrigerators. I was hoping some of you could provide feedback as to how they like this set up while stayin...
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Most 120V refrigerators have a yellow sticker that estimates the yearly energy use. You can divide that number by 365 to estimate daily electrical power consumption.
It's typical that a larger 120V fridge will consume 1 KW/day. That transposes to 80 amp hrs/day. Larger 12V batteries, two in parallel, will have 200+ AH of battery capacity. If you follow the mantra of only using half of the battery capacity (standard behavior), your fridge should run for at least 24 hrs on the two larger 12V batteries, along with the other typical 12V draws. If you decide to use two 6V golf cart batteries in series, you would have the same or a bit better capacity. The 6V batteries offer better durability, also, IMO.
It's typical that a larger 120V fridge will consume 1 KW/day. That transposes to 80 amp hrs/day. Larger 12V batteries, two in parallel, will have 200+ AH of battery capacity. If you follow the mantra of only using half of the battery capacity (standard behavior), your fridge should run for at least 24 hrs on the two larger 12V batteries, along with the other typical 12V draws. If you decide to use two 6V golf cart batteries in series, you would have the same or a bit better capacity. The 6V batteries offer better durability, also, IMO.
