User Tag List
Thanks: 0
Results 1 to 10 of 15
-
12-09-2020, 06:35 PM #1
- Join Date
- Sep 2020
- Posts
- 26
- Mentioned
- 1 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
Solar powered refrigerator in Transcend
Has anyone had any experience with the new refrigerators that are powered by electric and/or solar power - not electric and propane as we are use to. If we have a choice, which type would you recommend - the electric/solar or the electric/propane?
-
12-09-2020, 08:17 PM #2
- Join Date
- Oct 2017
- Location
- NW Arkansas -
- Posts
- 801
- Mentioned
- 2 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
Solar does not power, it only recharges batteries. Electric is either either AC or DC.
Geoff and Cheri
2011 F250 CC 6.7L
Firestone Ride Rite Airbags
Pull Rite 16k SuperGlide
2018 Reflection 303RLS, Build date 9/2017
USMC-Retired
Thin Blue Line - Retired
-
12-09-2020, 08:20 PM #3
- Join Date
- Jun 2020
- Location
- Palmetto, Ga.
- Posts
- 431
- Mentioned
- 1 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
Not familiar with elect/solar but our last 5er and our current one has residential that run's off the inverter while towing. I have traveled 12 hrs. and no change in temps. Hope I never have to go back to elect/propane. We don't boondock so the residential works well for us.
2021 351MR
2017 Jayco 377rlbh (sold)
-
12-10-2020, 08:56 AM #4
- Join Date
- Jul 2020
- Location
- Central NM, USA!
- Posts
- 1,044
- Mentioned
- 14 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
Yeah, if you plug in all the time, should be good. The ones we saw used a 1000W inverter, so boondocking would require a lot of solar and batteries...
Dan and Rita
2021 Reflection150 260RD, built June 2020, w/400W solar + 2 size 31 AGMs, added 2" lift blocks to match the
2022 F350 SCSB 7.3 GdZa 4x4, 10 Sp w/4.30s - Lariat Sport in Atlas Blue
-
12-10-2020, 09:23 PM #5
- Join Date
- Oct 2018
- Location
- Eastern Washington
- Posts
- 122
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
He's probably talking about the new DC compressor fridges. They run off of 12v natively and are compressor only. They sound ideal to me--far less power than a residential fridge but better performance and less fire risk than an absorbtion fridge. It's easily possible to generate enough solar to run one of these (which we all know really charges the battery and they run off the battery). My next RV (which is years from now) will have one.
Last edited by DarthMuffin; 12-10-2020 at 09:26 PM.
-
12-11-2020, 08:12 AM #6
- Join Date
- Jul 2020
- Location
- Central NM, USA!
- Posts
- 1,044
- Mentioned
- 14 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
Maybe the OP can provide more info?
Dan and Rita
2021 Reflection150 260RD, built June 2020, w/400W solar + 2 size 31 AGMs, added 2" lift blocks to match the
2022 F350 SCSB 7.3 GdZa 4x4, 10 Sp w/4.30s - Lariat Sport in Atlas Blue
-
12-11-2020, 09:42 AM #7
- Join Date
- Sep 2013
- Location
- PA
- Posts
- 4,454
- Mentioned
- 230 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
The Transcends now have 12 volt compressor refers in them. No propane.
They all come standard with built in solar panel and controller. All Furrion brand.Steve- Inventory Manager at Tom Schaeffer's RV, Shoemakersville, PA www.tomschaeffers.com
[email protected]
2011 RAM 3500 SRW Outdoorsman Edition 4X4, 6.7 Cummins--TWEAKED!
2021 Reflection 310RLS
-
12-12-2020, 08:40 AM #8
- Join Date
- Jul 2020
- Location
- Central NM, USA!
- Posts
- 1,044
- Mentioned
- 14 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
Dan and Rita
2021 Reflection150 260RD, built June 2020, w/400W solar + 2 size 31 AGMs, added 2" lift blocks to match the
2022 F350 SCSB 7.3 GdZa 4x4, 10 Sp w/4.30s - Lariat Sport in Atlas Blue
-
12-13-2020, 09:44 PM #9
Love the 12 volt. Our 35 ft sailboat has one which is bulletproof. Daily usage is about 45-50 ah, but of course it depends on insulation of the box.
Donna and Dave
Annapolis, Maryland
2021 Grand Design Imagine 2500RL / Dodge Ram Longhorn 2500 6.4 Hemi
350 W Newapower Solar: 3000 Victron Inverter/ Charger: Firefly Oasis carbon foam AGM
-
01-12-2021, 05:12 AM #10
- Join Date
- Dec 2020
- Location
- Greater Cincinnati
- Posts
- 30
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
i don't think the electric option on our absorbsion refrigerator cools nearly as efficiently as the electric option. I think I would miss that option.
-Rob M
2021 Imagine XLS 21BHE "Wanda Travelmor"
Everything we wanted in a trailer, nothing we didn't.
Morryde Safe-T-rail install issues
Today, 12:55 AM in Mods and DIY