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Refrigerator Advice [message #311963]

Tue, 10 January 2017 12:07

Palmerdad

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I am in the middle of renovating our new to us 1976 Eleganza and need to make a decision about the dead fridge. I have looked into taking it down to Indiana to have it repaired (6 hour drive one way) and am also playing around with getting a new one. If we go the new route our options are wide open and I am curious about getting an energy efficient smaller residential model and running it off of the battery and a pure sine inverter. Our use will be 90% at sites that have electricity and we have the Onan for the rare times we are without. Currently the fridge is the last thing hooked up to propane so a residential fridge would enable me to pull the propane tank and gain extra storage space as well.

The best combination of energy efficiency and space seems to be the GE 5.6 cu. ft. Mini Refrigerator Model GCE06GSHSB. It is obviously smaller than the Norcold we currently have but we just went through a kitchen reno and lived for 3 months with a small fridge about this size with little to no lifestyle changes so I think it will be enough for us on weekends and short trips. It is energy star rated at an annual 236 kWh.

Here is where I need help. I've never been good at math and the whole watts, amps, volts confuses the heck out of me. What would this 236 kWh break down to for a daily draw on a house battery? What gauge wire would I need to run from the 12v system to the inverter to handle this size draw? Also, am I right in thinking the house battery would get enough charge while the vehicle is underway to keep it full even with the fridge running? Any other things you think I'm overlooking in considering this as an option???

-James Palmer, Traverse City, MI 1976 Eleganza

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		Refrigerator Advice By: Palmerdad on Tue, 10 January 2017 12:07
		Re: Refrigerator Advice By: Handyman on Tue, 10 January 2017 12:58
		Re: Refrigerator Advice By: A Hamilto on Tue, 10 January 2017 13:06
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		Re: Refrigerator Advice By: Palmerdad on Tue, 10 January 2017 15:12
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		Re: Refrigerator Advice By: A Hamilto on Tue, 10 January 2017 17:17
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		Re: Refrigerator Advice By: Palmerdad on Wed, 11 January 2017 12:02
		Re: Refrigerator Advice By: Handyman on Wed, 11 January 2017 12:12
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		Re: Refrigerator Advice By: Handyman on Wed, 11 January 2017 12:23
		Re: Refrigerator Advice By: Palmerdad on Mon, 30 January 2017 19:50
		Re: Refrigerator Advice By: Matt Colie on Mon, 30 January 2017 20:11
		Re: Refrigerator Advice By: Palmerdad on Mon, 30 January 2017 20:30
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		Re: Refrigerator Advice By: A Hamilto on Tue, 31 January 2017 11:52
		Re: Refrigerator Advice By: Palmerdad on Tue, 31 January 2017 16:08
		Re: Refrigerator Advice By: Ken Burton on Tue, 31 January 2017 16:08
		Re: Refrigerator Advice By: Palmerdad on Tue, 31 January 2017 20:02
		Re: Refrigerator Advice By: A Hamilto on Mon, 30 January 2017 23:04
		Re: Refrigerator Advice By: A Hamilto on Mon, 30 January 2017 23:16
		Re: Refrigerator Advice By: Palmerdad on Tue, 31 January 2017 06:39
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		Re: Refrigerator Advice By: Palmerdad on Tue, 31 January 2017 08:05
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