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Old 08-25-2016, 08:08 PM   #16
Chance
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Originally Posted by Metalman View Post
I don't know about the 17 amps. If it is at 120 volts, it's way too much, considering refrigerators should work on a 15 amp circuit, and even when plugged into a 20 amp circuit 17 amps would be more the the standard 80% load. A refrigerator operates on a variety of amperages depending on what is running in addition to the compressor.
If you look at any modern fridge's estimated power usage over an entire year, we can see that it can't be 17 Amps at 120 Volts on average -- not even close to that. This type of data is commonly published.

If I was going to put one in an RV to run off batteries, I would also make sure it was as efficient as possible.
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