New member- electric fridge

[Jackofalltr8des]

Not sure how much they cost. I personally use these:

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The cells can be arranged for a 12v pack at 440ah. They're $500 each but well worth it. I'm using 4 for my solar backup. They are used but I'm still getting about 22.5kwh out of them.

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

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

I don’t think your 100W solar panel will charge a 100 AH battery sufficiently, even on a good day. A generator would be an option, but it can be noisy. You are up against basic electrical theory here and unfortunately the draw is more than the supply. The supply needs to get bigger or the draw needs to get smaller.

TJ

 

[Hebegb]

I don’t think your 100W solar panel will charge a 100 AH battery sufficiently, even on a good day. A generator would be an option, but it can be noisy. You are up against basic electrical theory here and unfortunately the draw is more than the supply. The supply needs to get bigger or the draw needs to get smaller.

TJ

Thanks TJ,
That helps a lot. Based on the replys received here I will likely purchase a good lithium battery and add more solar panels to boost the charging. All else fails, I do have a 2000W Honda generator, but can’t run it at night.
Thanks everyone who replied to my post.
Very helpful forum, glad to be a part of it now.
HebeGB

 

[FL-JOE]

Not sure what CF your Norcold is, but our fiver is equipped with a large residential frig (no propane). When we are not plugged in it draws 12volt power from two deep cycle batteries. It will easily keep that frig running for 8 or 9 hours on the road or overnight. Before spending a ton of money on different type batteries or additional solar I would try a couple marine deep cycle 12 volt batteries.

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

When boondocking, it is pretty common to run a generator in the evening to charge the batteries. That way, they should last the night and you can recharge them again in the morning.

TJ

 

[Mike1931]

Not sure what CF your Norcold is, but our fiver is equipped with a large residential frig (no propane). When we are not plugged in it draws 12volt power from two deep cycle batteries. It will easily keep that frig running for 8 or 9 hours on the road or overnight. Before spending a ton of money on different type batteries or additional solar I would try a couple marine deep cycle 12 volt batteries.

I actually put in four deep cycle 6v golf cart batteries. Wired them to provide 12v to the system. Works great, with our 2000 watt inverter.

 

[Hebegb]

Not sure what CF your Norcold is, but our fiver is equipped with a large residential frig (no propane). When we are not plugged in it draws 12volt power from two deep cycle batteries. It will easily keep that frig running for 8 or 9 hours on the road or overnight. Before spending a ton of money on different type batteries or additional solar I would try a couple marine deep cycle 12 volt batteries.

Thanks Joe,
The fridge model is N10DCSSR
I am currently running off 2 Deka group 24 deep cycle batteries (about 1 year old) which I have load tested to be “good”.
Everything runs fine off solar (3-4 lights on the control panel) until the sun goes down.
Then it drops off overnight and the fridge shuts off below 10.8 volts.

 

[FL-JOE]

About the only thing I actually know about electrical stuff is that you plug it in to make it work. My only guess is that your Norcold draws a ton more amps then an RV/converted residential frig.