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Re: best way to run residential fridge on limited shore power?
OK i was wrong it's pulling the line voltage down to 109ish. Saw the 2nd zone go to 106 for a brief moment. Total amps it's using hover between 18-20. These are airexcel high efficiency ACs if that matters. I put them on cool high. Don't think it registers fast enough to show the spike when it kicked on. Only reason I need the 2nd one on is to get enough air into the back bedroom for sleeping at which point I would have everything else off. At what point is it damaging the AC? below 100V or is that 106 - 109 an issue?570Views0likes0CommentsRe: best way to run residential fridge on limited shore power?
John S. wrote: But what is the load drawing the AC voltage down too? I do not run two acs on a 30 even when I had a LP fridge. It will eventually trip the breaker. My AC units use 14 amps each and more at startup. Unless you have a EMS to guard against low power you need to look carefully at your laid there. There is a battery charger and converter running too. Has a voltage monitor for L1 and L2. They are hovering around 118-120ish569Views0likes0CommentsRe: best way to run residential fridge on limited shore power?
bluwtr49 wrote: The refrigerator will be the least of you worries on 30A. It's unlikely you can run both AC units at all much less both units and anything else AC like microwave, hot water heater, TV, and etc. A brown out isn't much of a concern but expect to trip the breaker periodically. Both ACs are using 19 amps at full blast. So yeah doesn't give me much room for anything else. We'll have to juggle it.569Views0likes0CommentsRe: best way to run residential fridge on limited shore power?
valhalla360 wrote: Propane for the fridge should be fine but you will be pushing that 30amp outlet to run 2 AC units. Keep in mind a 30amp outlet is actually only rated for around 25amps. You might want to check the voltage drop to make sure you aren't killing your AC units with low voltage. What do you mean by check voltage drop? Just make sure the voltage is not dropping below some threshold?425Views0likes0CommentsRe: best way to run residential fridge on limited shore power?
Bill.Satellite wrote: The Norcold is not a residential refrigerator so don't get confused by posts you might read in other forums about their usage. A RR runs on A/C only and would be the same kind of fridge you have in a house (Samsung, GE, etc.). You have an RV fridge and it is designed to operate on either propane or A/C depending upon your situation or needs. The propane option allows the fridge to stay cold even while traveling (no A/C) but it also allows for your particular situation where you would like to reduce the A/C load. You can run your fridge on propane for an entire season on a 20-30# bottle. If you have a large built-in propane tank you could likely run it for a year if you did nothing else. Makes sense.. Yeah I was worried about "residential refrigerator".. That's what the dealer was referring to it as and that's what Fleetwood refers to it as in the option upgrade. But then when I took delivery and they went over it I realized it functioned exactly like an RV fridge it was just bigger I was very pleased with that. Should just call it large 4 door RV Fridge to not confuse things.424Views0likes0CommentsRe: best way to run residential fridge on limited shore power?
Desert Captain wrote: Refrigeration running on propane uses very little. You may have to manually shut off the ac to the frig as most will run on ac if it is present. Simply turn off the ac breaker for the frig and it should automatically shift to propane. Save your ac for the air conditioning but if you have to run two units on high in a 26' coach I would have them checked.... but on the other hand I don't know just how hot it will be where you are camping. Good luck. :C Just upgraded to a 36' coach :) 2014 Fleetwood Bounder 35k and Down here in South Texas it's about 105 heat index for the majority of the day. Fridge has a switch built in to go from LP to AC. Thanks for the input.426Views0likes0Commentsbest way to run residential fridge on limited shore power?
So my new coach is 50amp and I am going to a camp this weekend that just has 30. I'm just trying to conserve as much amps as possible to avoid a brown out. Ill have to have both ACs on while we are in the coach at full blast due to it being really hot out. Are these residential fridges an LP hog? It's a norcold 4 door. I was told the battery will run it which leads me to believe the LP would be fine as well. With both ACs on high cool it leaves me with about 10 amps to work with. I'll run the water heater on LP for sure. Just wondering what others do. If it burns too much LP it's probably worth just running it on the 30amp power. I'll just have to watch what else we plug in with 2 ACs, Fridge and the TV goin. Thanks5.2KViews0likes29Comments
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