New member- electric fridge

[Hebegb]

Hi folks, I’m a new owner of a Sunset Trail 212RB. We love the camper, having downsized yet still have lots of room !

only issue I have is with the Norcold 12V fridge. We do a lot of boondocking with solar panels and it does not do well at night. Dead battery by morning (new batteries).
Anyone have any solutions, other than replacing with a gas fridge ?
Thanks
Gary B

 

[Germanrazor]

Welcome aboard!

 

[FL-JOE]

Shouldn't that norcold be electric/propane? I'm just guessing here because it has been years since we had an RV equipped with an RV frig. I'm thinking it should be able to run off a couple 12 volt batteries through the night if for some reason you don't want to have it running on propane.

 

[Hebegb]

It runs only on 110v and 12V……. No propane.

 

[Hebegb]

This is a new breed of RV fridge, it has no propane option, only runs on 110V or 12V power.
Does anyone on this forum have any experience with this type fridge while boondocking ??
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Gary B.

 

[Jackofalltr8des]

Hi folks, I’m a new owner of a Sunset Trail 212RB. We love the camper, having downsized yet still have lots of room !

only issue I have is with the Norcold 12V fridge. We do a lot of boondocking with solar panels and it does not do well at night. Dead battery by morning (new batteries).
Anyone have any solutions, other than replacing with a gas fridge ?
Thanks
Gary B

Increase the battery capacity to get you through the nights. If not enough room to add additional batteries consider Lifep04 battery.

 

[Hebegb]

Increase the battery capacity to get you through the nights. If not enough room to add additional batteries consider Lifep04 battery.

Thanks for your input. I was considering buying one 100 amp hour Lifep04.
would that be enough with a 100w solar panel ?
Thanks

 

[Mike1931]

Are you sure its converting to 12v power?
Mine is 120V or propane, If I don't change it to propane when boon docking it will take down the battery bank over night. We have a bank of 4 deep cycle batteries that run our inverter to 120V. Just saying

 

[Jackofalltr8des]

Thanks for your input. I was considering buying one 100 amp hour Lifep04.
would that be enough with a 100w solar panel ?
Thanks

 

[Hebegb]

Are you sure its converting to 12v power?
Mine is 120V or propane, If I don't change it to propane when boon docking it will take down the battery bank over night. We have a bank of 4 deep cycle batteries that run our inverter to 120V. Just saying

Thanks Mike,
I am sure, yes. This fridge is not powered by propane at all, I wish it were. 120v or
12v only. Has no exterior panel
Hebegb