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10-06-2017, 03:28 PM
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Ran the Battery Down
We are very new at this!!! We have a 2018 Palomino Puma 31RLQS with a 11 Cu. Ft. Residential Refrigerator w/ inverter. How do you turn the refrigerator off so that it doesn't run the battery down while parked?
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10-06-2017, 03:36 PM
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While it is in storage?
If the Inverter is connected directly to the battery, then remove power cable to the battery. if it is going thru a 12 volt disconnect switch that.
But I would remove a battery cable, there is other stuff the pulls tiny bit of battery like the Propane detector, smoke/carbon Monoxide detector.
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10-06-2017, 03:38 PM
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Thank you, is there any risk to anything if the battery is accidentally left connected and runs down?
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10-06-2017, 03:40 PM
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Yes, if you run the battery too low it can ruin the battery.
Should never let it get below 12.0 to 12.2 or 25% left, you will get better long life out of it
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10-06-2017, 03:41 PM
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Thank you
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10-06-2017, 03:42 PM
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You're WELCOME!!!
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10-06-2017, 03:56 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BJMJBM
We are very new at this!!! We have a 2018 Palomino Puma 31RLQS with a 11 Cu. Ft. Residential Refrigerator w/ inverter. How do you turn the refrigerator off so that it doesn't run the battery down while parked?
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If you disconnect the battery on the RV, you might want to disconnect the electrical cord to the pickup too if you are still hooked up to your pickup or you will run the battery down on your pickup.
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10-06-2017, 03:57 PM
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Thank you!
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10-06-2017, 04:44 PM
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If you only have one battery, you need to have at least two 6v golf cart batteries to run a residential fridge without hookups.
Running it off of only one battery with an inverter and no hookups, means it won't last long.
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10-06-2017, 04:50 PM
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Great info, THANK YOU!!!
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10-07-2017, 12:36 AM
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Yuk, what's with residential fridge's being used in RVs nowadays? the average fridge uses about 1000 watts/day as a rule of thumb. That works out to about 80 amp-hours of battery assuming 100% inverter efficiency and is actually closer to 90 to 100 amp-hours of battery capacity.
Assuming you wish to have your battery investment last longer than a year or two, you should not go below 50% battery capacity. You will need at least 200 amp-hours of battery capacity for 24 hours of use without going below 50% state of charge.
Good luck with dry camping using a residential fridge. You'll be running your generator quite a bit.
I'll stick with my propane fridge.
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10-07-2017, 12:22 PM
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there should be a button function on fridge to turn off.
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10-07-2017, 12:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bikendan
If you only have one battery, you need to have at least two 6v golf cart batteries to run a residential fridge without hookups.
Running it off of only one battery with an inverter and no hookups, means it won't last long.
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I agree totally !
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10-07-2017, 01:35 PM
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Agree!!!
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10-07-2017, 02:38 PM
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FWIW. We wish our new RV did not have residential fridge. Prefer the other..Looked like a good idea but isn't
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10-07-2017, 07:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by br23mat8
If you disconnect the battery on the RV, you might want to disconnect the electrical cord to the pickup too if you are still hooked up to your pickup or you will run the battery down on your pickup.
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Unless you have a Ford. Ford will not charge/discharge through the cord with the ignition off.
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10-07-2017, 08:00 PM
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If the battery is totally discharged, be careful when plugging into shore power again. The inrush current trying to charge the battery may blow the reverse polarity protection fuses in your distribution panel. To avoid this suggest you use a standard automotive charger to charge the battery before connected to shore power.
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10-08-2017, 09:32 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BJMJBM
We are very new at this!!! We have a 2018 Palomino Puma 31RLQS with a 11 Cu. Ft. Residential Refrigerator w/ inverter. How do you turn the refrigerator off so that it doesn't run the battery down while parked?
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Three things you can do:
1. Turn off the fridge from within inside the fridge. On ours you hold the temperature controller for a few seconds and it shuts the fridge down
2. You can turn the invertor off. There is a switch on the front of the invertor
3. As suggested you can disconnect your RV battery
It took me a couple hours on our 33ik CC to figure out how the batteries, invertor, converter, battery disconnect and shore power interacted within the rig. Hope this helps.
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10-16-2017, 07:11 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skyliner
Yuk, what's with residential fridge's being used in RVs nowadays? the average fridge uses about 1000 watts/day as a rule of thumb. That works out to about 80 amp-hours of battery assuming 100% inverter efficiency and is actually closer to 90 to 100 amp-hours of battery capacity.
Assuming you wish to have your battery investment last longer than a year or two, you should not go below 50% battery capacity. You will need at least 200 amp-hours of battery capacity for 24 hours of use without going below 50% state of charge.
Good luck with dry camping using a residential fridge. You'll be running your generator quite a bit.
I'll stick with my propane fridge.
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I have four six volt Trojans 225amps each, I have no problems using my residential refrigerator when I dry camp. I have tested my residential refrigerator, unplug the camper from shore power and residential refrigerator will run four days and the batteries will be at 60%. When I dry camp I run my generators but not all the time, DW likes to watch tv and sometimes the A/C.
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