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mrad
Explorer II
Aug 04, 2020

Running a residential fridge on 12 volt power?

My wife and I are getting close to purchasing our first 5th wheel 2 of the models we are looking at have residential refrigerators. A friend of mine said he intentionally avoided a residential because...
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theoldwizard1
Explorer II
Aug 04, 2020
AllegroD wrote:
OK! I will start with questions.
1. Is your charge line between truck and trailer adequate? If so, then getting to work and from work to camp site is not an issue.


Regardless of the size of the wire between the tow vehicle and the trailer, it is impossible to FULLY charge a discharged battery bank from the vehicle. It will prevent the house battery from discharging below acceptable levels.

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