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General Boards => Technical Support => Topic started by: Jim Edwards on September 01, 2016, 04:02:45 AM
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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
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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.
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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! :P 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!