Questions about Nova kool fridge
Wayne, would you please let this post stay in the TC section as they have the most knowledge of the DC compressor fridges.
X TCer here and I have some questions for the folks that have the DC compressor fridges. I'm tired of my Norcold fridge and its poor performance so looking to replace it with a DC compressor unit.
I have room for the Nova Kool RFU6800 6.8 cu ft unit. This would be replacing the Norcold N3160 5.3 cu ft unit Surprisingly the Nova Kool cutout size is a little smaller than the Norcold so I would have to do a little work to make the opening smaller. Do I need to retain as much venting area on the outside of the rig for the Nova Kool as I have for the absorption fridge?
So a question is there any reason to get the Nova Kool with the AC option which adds to the cost of the unit? As far as I can see the AC option is wasted as you still have to convert it back to 12 VDC to run the fridge because the Danfoss compressor is a 12VDC unit. When plugged into shore power why not let the built in converter in the RV provide the DC power to the frdge?
The Nova Kool 12VDC draw is 5.2 amps so I'm changing out my two 12 volt batteries for two 6V Trojans T145s. I can only get 2 batteries into my battery area but I have a lot of height so can fit in the T145s. I would be adding 300 watts of solar minimum before adding the fridge. Do you folks see any reason why this well not work. I'm not a power hog and all of our lights are already LEDs. What is you thoughts on the amount of solar I'm looking at do you think it is enough? When we are out in the woods the TV is never on. M wife has a CPAP but we have a lithium battery for it and it runs her CPAP for 2.5 nights before needing recharging. if we drive at all we plug it into the 12VDC power port to charge it off the vehicle. I'm thinking the 300 watt solar would provide enough power to recharge this battery also for the CPAP.
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance
Butch
X TCer here and I have some questions for the folks that have the DC compressor fridges. I'm tired of my Norcold fridge and its poor performance so looking to replace it with a DC compressor unit.
I have room for the Nova Kool RFU6800 6.8 cu ft unit. This would be replacing the Norcold N3160 5.3 cu ft unit Surprisingly the Nova Kool cutout size is a little smaller than the Norcold so I would have to do a little work to make the opening smaller. Do I need to retain as much venting area on the outside of the rig for the Nova Kool as I have for the absorption fridge?
So a question is there any reason to get the Nova Kool with the AC option which adds to the cost of the unit? As far as I can see the AC option is wasted as you still have to convert it back to 12 VDC to run the fridge because the Danfoss compressor is a 12VDC unit. When plugged into shore power why not let the built in converter in the RV provide the DC power to the frdge?
The Nova Kool 12VDC draw is 5.2 amps so I'm changing out my two 12 volt batteries for two 6V Trojans T145s. I can only get 2 batteries into my battery area but I have a lot of height so can fit in the T145s. I would be adding 300 watts of solar minimum before adding the fridge. Do you folks see any reason why this well not work. I'm not a power hog and all of our lights are already LEDs. What is you thoughts on the amount of solar I'm looking at do you think it is enough? When we are out in the woods the TV is never on. M wife has a CPAP but we have a lithium battery for it and it runs her CPAP for 2.5 nights before needing recharging. if we drive at all we plug it into the 12VDC power port to charge it off the vehicle. I'm thinking the 300 watt solar would provide enough power to recharge this battery also for the CPAP.
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance
Butch
