Absorption fridge - lifetime vs. use patterns?

[Bob Denman]

Originally Posted by lazinskm

So how long can you keep the fridge on with battery power before you run them low

That would depend on your batteries...
A couple of 12 Volt Harris batteries can be easily beaten in a contest between them, and four 6 Volt AGM golf cart batteries.

[Fish and Dear]

Originally Posted by 16ACE27

We leave ours on all the time. Whenever I measured the power draw it was about 400 watts or less while running. The post above that says their 120 VAC draw running the fridge was 10 or 11 amps (1200+ watts) is ridiculously high.

I was thinking the same thing. No way that fridge should pull 10-11 amps. I wouldn't even think 3. Our Norcold is rated at 2.5 amps on electric. And I have verified it's generally pulling 2-3 while running.

[lwmcguire]

Originally Posted by Fish and Dear

I was thinking the same thing. No way that fridge should pull 10-11 amps. I wouldn't even think 3. Our Norcold is rated at 2.5 amps on electric. And I have verified it's generally pulling 2-3 while running.

The defrost cycle will pull quite a bit more on the Residential and our 4 door adsorption would pull 6-8 typically and seemed to vary a lot based on the voltage in the campground