Residential Refridgerator

[Dustdevil]

Originally Posted by klassic

Dustdevil. For 2500 bucks they could have got a generator to go with batteries or a solar system. And their batteries need to be really good 12v's or really good 6v's
Like I said I can do 3 days. On my two 6v and solar. And sun!
With the the double size I'm going with I'll get 5 days for sure with sun.
If I had a 2000watt genny too I'm sure I could get a good week.

They have an 8k diesel generator already. But who wants that running at 3am?

[Dustdevil]

Really, if you don't mind managing the whole power thing, have at it. Just saying it's definitely not for everybody. If you're mostly camping where power is available virtually full-time, then it's no issue. They like the way the fridge works when it's under power. When boondocking, they can recharge the batteries with the generator. The problem they see is that by 3am or so, the charge control system is shutting down the inverter output to the fridge circuit and things start beeping. It's especially problematic on warm nights, as the fridge runs longer and more often to keep things cold. Solar doesn't help that, and you can't run a generator at 3am. So, they just shut down the whole motorhome and go back to bed until it's late enough to run the generator.