Converting to 12v fridge Canada question
So I'm thinking hard about converting to a 12v fridge. My plan would be to remove the current 6 cu ft fridge, make some adjustments to the top section to give me more room and to put in a 12v fridge. ...
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Novacool out of Coquitlam, B.C. makes good quality 12V fridges. A little spendy down here.
My Norcold quit working so I went with a GE 12V RV/Off the grid fridge. I will say it's very quiet. Not silent like an absorption fridge but you barely hear the compressor unless it stone quiet in the TT
I ran my 12V wire to a 12V breaker in the fuse panel. You could easily run a wire directly to the batteries if you wanted.
I had a 8 cuft (Really 7.5 cuft) and the GE 10 cuft fit right in the Norcold slot.
You'll never hear the fridge that far away.
One big plus is that it cools down very fast. About 2 hours to 34-37*
Our Norcold took most of a day to do that.
I only used it for 1/2 the summer last year but did do some dry camping with it. I can easily go 3-4 days with four 6V GC batteries and 400W of solar. We run what we want when we want so we don't conserve power when out camping. I would say with my setup I could easily go 5-6 days or longer if the days were always sunny. Not sure but I would think with conservation and out in the open on sunny days I could go forever with the 12V fridge.
My Norcold quit working so I went with a GE 12V RV/Off the grid fridge. I will say it's very quiet. Not silent like an absorption fridge but you barely hear the compressor unless it stone quiet in the TT
I ran my 12V wire to a 12V breaker in the fuse panel. You could easily run a wire directly to the batteries if you wanted.
I had a 8 cuft (Really 7.5 cuft) and the GE 10 cuft fit right in the Norcold slot.
You'll never hear the fridge that far away.
One big plus is that it cools down very fast. About 2 hours to 34-37*
Our Norcold took most of a day to do that.
I only used it for 1/2 the summer last year but did do some dry camping with it. I can easily go 3-4 days with four 6V GC batteries and 400W of solar. We run what we want when we want so we don't conserve power when out camping. I would say with my setup I could easily go 5-6 days or longer if the days were always sunny. Not sure but I would think with conservation and out in the open on sunny days I could go forever with the 12V fridge.
