question on residential Fridge upgrade from norcold

[Jim Edwards]

Hi I have a Monterrey (2005) with 4 house batteries and a 2000 w inverter, can anyone give me advise what if any electrical changes are required to support the power requirements of the fridge? (Samsung rf18)

Thanks

[Dan Murphy]

Jim
we installed the Samsung RF18 last year.We also have 4 batts and a 2000 watt inverter. We do not dry camp very often but on this latest trip across country we have needed to boondocks several times.

I have AGS which starts my generator when the battery charge gets too low. After talking to many "experts" on battery issues I changed my low voltage start point to 11.8 volts. Previously I had it set at 12.0 volts and I could not get thru the entire night without the generator starting. Since I changed the low point start I have had no problems with the batteries getting me thru the night.

I run the generator a couple hours each evening till it says Float charge and then we go to bed. I try to turn everything off and I also turn off the ice maker on the fridge.When we get up I run the generator again to recharge.

I have thought about more batts but so far so good.

[Paul Meehan]

Jim,
We also had the Samsung RF18 installed in June.  Our first trip was a short one two weekends ago.  Before we headed out I had the coach stationary in my workplace parking lot for nine hours.  Of which six hours were in 90+ degree heat running on the 2000 watt inverter.  I have four house 6V wet cell batteries.  The only problem we had was the ice cream was too hard to scoop!    The LED lights are super bright and we had a full bucket of ice the next morning.

We adjusted the freezer up a few degrees and all was fine.  One of the best decisions we have made.

My brother-in-law is running a Norcold 1200 and he cannot maintain proper temperature in his freezer nor fridge.  It is a fairly new unit.
Best of luck!