Question for those with 12 volt refrigerators.....
Now that the 12 volt (and I mean 12 volt only) refrigerators have been out for a little while in the RV world, how do you like it?
I was a little worried when we bought our 5th wheel last fall with the 12 volt only option as we have no power hookups where we leave the camper but I have to say, the fridge works great! Just got to pay attention to the battery usage. During the summer with 300 watts of solar, an MPPT controller and 200 AH of lithium I could leave it on all week(we only go up on weekends) and it kept up easily with the fridge. However, during the spring, fall or if I knew it was going to be rain for a few days I would shut it off between trips. Really only takes a couple of hours and the fridge is cold! Ours is the Norcold DC10 fridge and it uses around 40 AH/day during hot summer days.
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Dan
2021 Sprinter 35BH parked year round.
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