Why consider 12v fridge for boondocking?
So I want to offer up this question out about 12v compressor refrigerators. I'm going to post this on other forums too, so your "forum tramps"(like me)may see this spread around some other pages. Not...
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Gdetrailer wrote:
Your forgetting the mere fact that unless you have a very, very small (2 cu ft or smaller) propane fridge which doesn't need 12V for the control board your RV fridge is using battery 24/7 and when it opens the gas valve, the gas valve consumes additional battery.
My 5 cu. ft. Dometic consumes 0.35 amps when the burner is lit, and less than 0.01 amps when it isn't.
The battery power consumption is just a tiny fraction of what it would be with any 12 volt compressor-driven fridge.
