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Originally Posted by taylorbob1
Sounds to me like there's a mis-understanding...
His Fridge is a propane or electric Dometic (I believe).
And, unless he added an integrated inverter to his electrical system that can run the fridge, he can only run the fridge on electricity if he's plugged into shore power or he's running the generator. Otherwise, the fridge runs on propane (using very little battery, as someone above referenced).
So, the 100 watt panel will be more than enough to keep your one house battery charged (during day-light hours), while also charging the chassis battery.
And while sitting at night without shore power or generator, your fridge will be running on propane and you should have plenty of juice to hold you until the next day.
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I looked up his fridge and specs only stated propane and electric. There is no mention of whether it’s a 2-Way or 3-Way absorption fridge. However, since he mentioned that he’d like to be able to power from solar (meaning battery) power, I assumed 12V is an option. Regardless of whether it’s a 3-Way fridge or 2-Way powered by inverter, it’s a bad idea to run from batteries while boondocking instead of from propane.
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