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[Thehobe1]

Check others using the residential refrigerators to get the true power required under typical opening and closing conditions. Also, if you are running this via an inverter (not 12V) using your house batteries, take into account their efficiency ratings.

It's just that I have heard complaints about the real power demands and 12V battery energy available to run this type of refrigerator installed in recent RVs.

I dread hearing generators running all night to keep someone's ice cream frozen!
Let's all keep a set of jumper cables in our RV's to help them get their rigs started in the morning when their engine battery is also low on energy.

The absorption refrigerator is a very efficient machine when it is working properly and if you run out of propane, you can start your rig and take it down to get a propane refill.