MrRob
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We did try that. Van floor got wet. Also warm long life or powdered milk on cornflakes is not nice.I'm sure life was simpler when 'cold milk' was kept in a bucket of water in the shade lol
We did try that. Van floor got wet. Also warm long life or powdered milk on cornflakes is not nice.I'm sure life was simpler when 'cold milk' was kept in a bucket of water in the shade lol
Brilliant info, thanks.So about 500 watt per day . Its the only thing connect to battery. The temperature was not high
Noted thanks.A fridge must be at 2c for food stuffs, and a freezer at -20c
I think thats normal as it has to spike to turn off the compressor ! Its only a short time not constant.Noted thanks.
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Apart from the door opening spikes and the attempt to run it on setting 3 rather than 4 around midday on the 18 the fridge has been behaving well. It just goes too low sometimes![]()
Brilliant info, thanks.
We seem to be at about 700 wh per day at 4 of the 5 settings as 3 lets it get to over 6 deg C before kicking in.
Although now we are using the main lead leisure battery system to run it as that is more convenient (with the RiverPro lithium as back up), so I can’t monitor use precisely.
Incorrect, data from food safe council.-20 is so we can get the food home from shops ,, the feezers can be set lower , say -5 or evan -1 as it need to just do ice cubes and ice cream or ice packs and save power. I'm Not going to have a leg of lamb in there.
Think this was the data Charlie used with that Hymer as he couldn’t keep ice cream. Even though the guys at Lowdhams said it wasn’t fit for purpose Dometic said it was fine, turned out the spec they used was for cool boxes. Scandalous what manufacturers can get away withIncorrect, data from food safe council.View attachment 108840View attachment 108841
One thing I bear in mind .... I don't have any meat in my freezer. That eliminates the great majority of "unsafe storage" bugs,The above data I posted is for a normal home freezer being used day to day, no wonder half of you lot are in and out of hospitals.![]()
I have victron inverter/charger, two Leoch lead carbon batteries giving 230amps, a small domestic 240v fridge and I am happy.Ok, a few comments ....
A typical decent Compressor Fridge will use around 1.5Ah/Hr average. When running it will be around 4A, but the compressor only runs part of the time, so it averages at around 1.5A.
In hot weather, the power consumption goes up notably - on the official figures, it can nearly double. For most people, that does not matter massively as if they are wild-camping, they typically have solar and the solar in hot (so sunny usually) brings in more power then when overcast and cooler. As you DON'T have solar, the increased consumption could be an important factor (so maybe as I suggesed, a portable solar kit could be handy?)
USING the fridge makes a remarkable difference as well. when I say "using", I mean opening door to take food out, put food back, etc. The official figures and most consumption data (including mine) will be based on the door kept closed. I have noticed that when I look at my power logging for the fridge, I can actually tell very easily when I load it up or do any kind of re-arranging - the 'cool' goes very quickly through an open door and much faster than you might imagine. I wonder if that was a factor in your 30Ah vs 60Ah power use days?
Now on power use, I found my Waeco 50CRX would run for just about 2 days on a pair of 100Ah Lead Acid batteries until they dropped to 50% - so that would be 100Ah taken out in those 2 days. that is around about the same as your findings by the look of it (90Ah in two days).
Now of course bear in mind you are not only running the fridge, but using lights or whatever. My 240V Compressor Fridge uses significantly less power per day than the Motorhome habitation system generally when I am using it, so my battery bank is not sized to support the fridge but using what I want to use. Unless you are very frugal, off-grid and with no solar, you will be using that generator a fair bit I would guess?
As you have fitted the Compressor Fridge where the old 3-Way fridge is, you could take advantage of the venting and fit a cooling kit if you think the fridge migght be getting hot and so less efficient?
I fitted a "proper" cooling kit to mine. When I say "proper" I simply mean a commercially packaged all-in-one kit with temperature-controlled speed control and a nice little control panel. You can obviously rig up your own more cheaply, but I decided to treat myself
I found the fans fitted perfectly on the Thetford mesh vent screen ...
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