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101RRS
I connected up my Everkool RV 25 litre fridge (empty) to the battery with a Dr Watt meter on the outlet side. I set the temp at -2 and the fridge pulls 3.8 amps when running and with 25c days, 15c nights, nothing in the fridge and not opening it it averages 1 amp overall (1ah).
Drivesafe - thanks for the information - very helpful.
I have had a 55l Ebay fridge for 10 years now and I have been very happy with it, being 1/3 the cost of the of the equivalent Engel and what I can see when away certainly matches Engel performance. Despite what the Engel naysayers said, it is quiet, has thicker insulation and does not seem to use the heavy amount of power the naysayers said it would.
The ebay fridge is my main fridge but is large so I bought the Everkool 25l for use on shorter trips. Cost more than the big fridge but straight away it was obvious it did not have the insulation and seemed to run more.
So the 25l uses 3.8 amps when running and averages about 1Ah in a 24 hour period so used 24 amps per day. I connected up the 55l ebay fridge up yesterday - running uses 3.2 amps so less than the 25l fridge but in a 24 hour period only used 13Ah so overall is only using just over .5Ah where the 25l manages to use nearly double - shows how important insulation is.
So even on a non Deep Cycle I can run my big fridge for a few days without a recharge.
Garry
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