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10-04-2018, 07:05 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: FT on the Road
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Love my Samsung RR.
Hard ice cream
Frozen food stays frozen and last way longer than a 3 way fridge
Produce/milk/dairy stays fresh way longer then the 3 way
No fear of fire from the 3 way.
The extra room is perfect.
It just works better.
I FT and would not have if I had to use a 3 way
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11-24-2018, 03:15 PM
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We have a new Montana 5th wheel with Samsung RR. Been used three times already (no dry camping) and it works great. Dry camping opportunity coming up in January and based upon what I am reading I should review batteries to get maximum battery power, buy a 3,000 generator for twice daily recharge, and perhaps solar panels to keep things running.
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11-25-2018, 11:57 AM
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I have a Norcold N621 6.3 cubic foot fridge. It works mostly but I have to move frozen water bottles from the freezer to the fridge during the hottest days.
I am considering a residential fridge but don't find many that are short enough. I found a Summit CP972SS 7.1 cubic foot fridge that is just under 57 inches high and 21.5 inches wide so it could fit through our door. My fridge is just above my furnace and I am limited by the space between the furnace and the ceiling.
I made a major power investment by adding four 100 amp-hour LiFePO4 batteries, 805 watts of solar plus 180 watts more on our truck's camper shell roof and a 2200 watt pure sine wave inverter. I wouldn't have any problem running the 120 volt fridge.
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11-25-2018, 04:50 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Prescott, Arizona
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cln56
IF you don’t have solar, is it possible to run a residential refrigerator on battery, generator, Inverter or HOW would you.? Thx
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I assume your Boondocking because that is where I found your post. Your generator is about your only option, with out solar.
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11-25-2018, 11:22 PM
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Location: Zebulon, NC
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  Welcome to the forum!!
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11-26-2018, 05:08 AM
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Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Dec 2010
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Quote:
Originally Posted by astrocamper
...I am considering a residential fridge but don't find many that are short enough. I found a Summit CP972SS 7.1 cubic foot fridge that is just under 57 inches high and 21.5 inches wide so it could fit through our door. ...
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That sounds like it would work with your fairly robust power system. Unfortunately, most small units are not equipped with variable speed compressors that are internally inverter driven, so they are not as efficient as the larger units from Frigidaire, Samsung, etc. While the Summit still draws less than a big inverter based unit, that 7 cuft unit uses 70% of the power that a monstrous 22 cuft RR unit would.
But...it has to fit in the RV, doesn't it?
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11-26-2018, 06:01 AM
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Had a Avanti 760 FF, frost free 7cf fridge in our boat. Amp draw at 12 volts, thru the inverter was .9 amps.
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11-26-2018, 06:33 AM
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Ford Super Duty Owner
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Quote:
Originally Posted by twinboat
Had a Avanti 760 FF, frost free 7cf fridge in our boat. Amp draw at 12 volts, thru the inverter was .9 amps.
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Seems remarkably low. In fact, Avanti specs that unit to use 365 KWH per year...and that doesn't seem to mesh with 12*.9 which would be 95 KWH per year. However, it has pretty much the same consumption about as the Summit model.
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11-26-2018, 07:29 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sbrownstein
Seems remarkably low. In fact, Avanti specs that unit to use 365 KWH per year...and that doesn't seem to mesh with 12*.9 which would be 95 KWH per year. However, it has pretty much the same consumption about as the Summit model.
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Sorry about that, 9 amps @12 volts , not .9.
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11-26-2018, 07:49 AM
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Ford Super Duty Owner
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Right, better. That is what my 22 cu/ft Frigidaire draws...
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Palm Island, Florida
2015 Georgetown 335DS
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11-27-2018, 04:42 AM
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Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Blairsville, GA & WPB, FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sbrownstein
Right, better. That is what my 22 cu/ft Frigidaire draws...
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Same as my 21 cuft Whirlpool measured before the inverter and I recently confirmed my guess of a 40% duty cycle with a kilowatt meter at 1.2KW/day.
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12-03-2018, 08:30 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Wherever we are
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cln56, Where are you?
Love it when they ask a question and never check back.....
Gas/elec for 30 years, only had 2 die on me; now in a '15 fiver w/RR and I will never go back to the RV fridge....
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12-03-2018, 11:07 PM
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#41
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Foretravel Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Home is Where WE PARK IT...
Posts: 6,053
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wingnut60
cln56, Where are you?
Love it when they ask a question and never check back.....
Gas/elec for 30 years, only had 2 die on me; now in a '15 fiver w/RR and I will never go back to the RV fridge....
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The compressor driven fridges tend to spoil one with the hard frozen ice creme.......
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12-03-2018, 11:10 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 70
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Quote:
Originally Posted by computerguy
Love my Samsung RR.
Hard ice cream
Frozen food stays frozen and last way longer than a 3 way fridge
Produce/milk/dairy stays fresh way longer then the 3 way
No fear of fire from the 3 way.
The extra room is perfect.
It just works better.
I FT and would not have if I had to use a 3 way
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Also suck a lot more power
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