RV Residential Refrigerators

RayChez wrote:



John, thank you for a very intelligent answer. I never knew what would happen to the motor if we were away and the voltage would drop down to where the motor on the fridge would start dragging. Did not know if the brushes to the armature would cause damage to the motor itself.

The reason why I asked the question was because my Norcold 1200 LRIM is twelve years old and it could blow up.
And it had crossed my mind that maybe a residential refrigerator would be in line to replace that Norcold. Most of our camping is with full hookups. But it is good to know what could happen if dry camping was in store.

Now Don got a little defensive right away and my post was not to discredit anybodies refrigerator. It was a question for my own and others that are interested on maybe going residential.

Thanks John greatly appreciated.

Ray, what was said about inverters is correct, the inverter is designed to shut down if the battery voltage drops below a level that would prohibit the inverter from producing a satisfactory voltage output.

Refrigerator compressors do NOT have brushes or armatures. The motors used in compressors are induction motors and they are brushless.