Residential fridge pros/cons
We are in the process of ordering a fifth wheel. The model we are looking at features an upgraded/larger residential fridge. I anticipate that most camp sites that we will visit will be within a few...
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smkettner wrote:ddschuman wrote:Have you run the fridge for an initial overnight cool down (18+ hours) on one battery or just the maintain cooling after being plugged in?
We have only one battery and can turn on inverter to run fridge the night before a trip with no problem. What we usually do is pack the 5er while connected to shore power in the driveway. This allows the fridge to start cooling and the slides can be opened without draining battery. After everything is packed (including fridge) we pull slides in, hook up to the truck, disconnect shore power and turn inverter on for the night. We are then ready to roll come morning. We have never had a problem with losing battery power doing this. The batteries are always fully charged when we turn inverter on
We always plug in to shore power at the house while we pack the camper. I like to do that to insure the battery is fully charged before leaving since we do run the inverter and refrigerator during travel and overnight. Our 5er is stored at a storage facility away from home and does not have access to electricity and even though we disconnect battery in storage, it is not always charged well when we get it. The refrigerator usually cools down pretty well for the short time (usually only plugged in a couple of hours) on shore power so I guess the use of inverter overnight really just maintains. We've used inverter overnight for about 10-12 hrs and battery will still be charged the next morning. This is without running anything else.
