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Originally Posted by Metalman
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.
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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.