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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crosscheck wrote:
Interesting to note that the 9 cuft NovaKool fridge has the same outside dimensions as the 6 cuft Norcold absorbtion fridge.
We can easily handle the power for the 9 cuft compressor fridge if the Norcold poops out with 490W solar and 4 6V GC-2 batteries.
The OP is on grid power.
9 cu.ft fridge with a big freezer compartment - about 60-70 AH daily draw - is a lot of burden on 490W solar. In December in Mexico my 490W system barely harvests 30 AH on a dark day with some rain, and such days do happen sometimes. Probably would harvest 90 AH on a good day - which would still be marginal with 9 cu.ft. fridge. OTH, with propane fridge 90 AH is more than I need, batteries are full and floating all afternoon.
People "asking" about compressor fridges, especially fridges over 9 cu.ft, don't usually have solar and are don't plan on having one. They simply want a shore home experience - in a small box of trailer, which is hardly possible to achieve anyway, but this is what they and their family want :)
It is normal for compressor fridges (both 12V and 120V) to need less cabinet space than same volume propane fridge. The cost of 12V units with variable speed is about 3 times the cost of 120V units with fixed speed.
