Another fridge question
Evening all, Does anyone have any concrete information about how many amps a mid size fridge draws while running, and during startup? About to replace my unfixable Dometic with a residential f...
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tinstartrvlr wrote:
... but my research about residential fridges have shown amp usage all over the place. I've had to dig deep to find specs on specific fridges; ...
Exactly what I would suspect !
If your shore power connection is 30A I can not imagine you having any problems with the exception of the refrigerator and the air conditioing STARTING at exactly the same time. If one is running and the other one starts I am sure you will be fine.
If you do plan to ocassionally boondock, at a minimum I would have two 6V golf cart batteries and at least a 2000 watt pure sine wave inverter. Remember a residential refrigerator is a pretty good "ice chest" so if you charge the batteries with a generator up to near 100% before "quiet time" at night and keep the doors shut, even if the inverter shuts down from low voltage over night, everything will be fine until the next morning.
