New member- electric fridge

[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.