Residential refrigerator yeah.
After band aiding a norcold 1210 frig for several months we made the move to a Samsung 18 cu ft vs the 12 cu ft old one. you may ask the cost well it was less than putting a new cooling unit on the ol...
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CA Traveler wrote:
On another board a poster measured his Samsung RF 197 power with a Kill A Watt and found that it uses 1820 watts daily. That translates to about 150AH from the battery which can be significant for dry camping and is a huge drain on the common 4x GC 460AH battery bank. For dry camping, recharging via alternator, gen or solar has to be considered. And the battery bank capacity is a factor.
Many campers are satisfied with the refer conversion and don’t make any additional equipment changes and rely on utility power, gen or driving/alternator.
This frig uses 1687 watts daily or around 136 AH. No problem for us with the auto mode on the Genset. The pluses far outweigh the minuses. For one no more propane hazard to worry about and we gain 6 cu ft in the frig.
