Refrigerator question for you class A campers
We have had a Winnebago View class C for about 5 years, and a 5er for the decade before. We think at times of a larger class A for part timing in retirement. Many have commercial refrigerators. How do...
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It seems from what I have seen most of the Class A's that have the residential fridge has at least four 6 volt golf cart (GC2) batteries with about 200 amp hour each.
I have a 2016 Bounder 34T and replaced my OEM batteries with Costco/Interstate at about $90+ each. OEM's had a very early death. It has a Magnum 2000 inverter.
I was going to add some solar this year but had an emergency repair on the S&B.
We can go overnight running the fridge, TV, few LED lights, computer, furnace and still wake up without dead batteries. Have done several night stays running the generator for a few hours in the morning and again in the evening. Several times we have had low temperature around 30 to 35°.
The fridge is a Samsung RF-18 with an ice maker and for us it has been a good unit. There is a lot of negative reviews about them but been fine for us. Really enjoy the capacity especially when we got one or more of the grandkids with us. And frozen ice cream.
One of the best things for battery care, IMO, is get watering system for them and use it. I use a Flow-Rite [ur]https://www.flow-rite.com/ several places to buy including Amazon.
Before I replaced the OEM batteries I would turn of fridge, unplug any non essential items such as chargers and internet boosters ice maker and pray my power would last the night. The fridge would keep temp good enough as the door stayed closed.
I have a 2016 Bounder 34T and replaced my OEM batteries with Costco/Interstate at about $90+ each. OEM's had a very early death. It has a Magnum 2000 inverter.
I was going to add some solar this year but had an emergency repair on the S&B.
We can go overnight running the fridge, TV, few LED lights, computer, furnace and still wake up without dead batteries. Have done several night stays running the generator for a few hours in the morning and again in the evening. Several times we have had low temperature around 30 to 35°.
The fridge is a Samsung RF-18 with an ice maker and for us it has been a good unit. There is a lot of negative reviews about them but been fine for us. Really enjoy the capacity especially when we got one or more of the grandkids with us. And frozen ice cream.
One of the best things for battery care, IMO, is get watering system for them and use it. I use a Flow-Rite [ur]https://www.flow-rite.com/ several places to buy including Amazon.
Before I replaced the OEM batteries I would turn of fridge, unplug any non essential items such as chargers and internet boosters ice maker and pray my power would last the night. The fridge would keep temp good enough as the door stayed closed.
