110 volt refrigeator

[erniecarpet@...]

Dale, I have installed 4 apartment size refers in various coaches with
excellent results. Two years ago mine, in this coach gave up the ammonia smell
for
my wife. Bim and I removed the old one, went to Lowes and with a little
modification, it has been performing great since. When it was so miserable cold
here, I put a utility light and blocked off the louvered door so the refer
wasn't running all the time. $350 bucks- looks and works great.

Ernie Ekberg
83PT40
Livingston, Mt




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[Dale Cooper]

Is it practical to install a 110 volt small apartment size refrigerator
in stead of a RV style. I have installed a xantrex charger/inverter, and
have (4) 6volt deep cycle batteries. The cost of the RV model is much
more than the 110 only model.



Dale

1984 35 SB

[trekkersmith1]

Dale,
That apartment sized refrigerator likely will draw about 30 amps per
hour out of your house batteries. If you are always either connected
to shore power or running down the highway, it wouldn't be much of a
problem keeping the batteries with a good charge, but if you do any
boondocking, you will end up running your genset a lot to keep the
batteries up, and they will only support the refrigerator for about 6-8
hours before they are at the point of needing a deep charge. I would
recommend against that cost savings measure.
Gary
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--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Dale Cooper"
wrote:
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> Is it practical to install a 110 volt small apartment size
refrigerator
> in stead of a RV style. I have installed a xantrex charger/inverter,
and
> have (4) 6volt deep cycle batteries. The cost of the RV model is much
> more than the 110 only model.
>
>
>
> Dale
>
> 1984 35 SB
>

[Pete Masterson]

My coach has a full-size 24 cu ft. Amana home-type refrigerator. It
runs off the inverter when we're not hooked up to shore power. Only
downside, is that it "eats" battery power rather quickly for
boondocking. (I have 6 size 4D house batteries and dual 2500 watt
inverters.)

So, if boondocking isn't something you really want to do, the
apartment size or larger refrigerators are a possibility.

Pete Masterson
aeonix1@...
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42'
El Sobrante, CA




On May 13, 2007, at 2:00 PM, Dale Cooper wrote:

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> Is it practical to install a 110 volt small apartment size
> refrigerator
> in stead of a RV style. I have installed a xantrex charger/
> inverter, and
> have (4) 6volt deep cycle batteries. The cost of the RV model is much
> more than the 110 only model.
>
>
>
> Dale
>
> 1984 35 SB
>
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>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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[Julia Bonser]

We replaced our refrigerator with small Heier 110 volt refrigerator
with the Dometic gave out after only 3 1/2 years. We had the wiring
changed to be able to run the refrigerator off the inverter. The
refrigerator did not like the modified sine wave of our Heart 2000.
So if your Xantrex inverter has a true sine wave it might work. We
don't dry camp that much but we did dry camp for almost a month last
year while waiting for the campgrounds to open in Wisconsin. We ran
the generator a couple of hours in the morning and at night to
recharge the batteries. The refrigerator was only running when the
generator was on and the food stayed cold enough. Most of the time we
are plugged into shore power.

Julie Bonser
1992 WLWB PT 40'



On May 13, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Dale Cooper wrote:

>
> Is it practical to install a 110 volt small apartment size
> refrigerator
> in stead of a RV style. I have installed a xantrex charger/
> inverter, and
> have (4) 6volt deep cycle batteries. The cost of the RV model is much
> more than the 110 only model.
>