electric fridge

[SimonA]

My old 3 way Electrolux fridge seems to have stopped working and I'm looking at replacing it with an Isotherm 65L electric fridge.

According to Isotherm this uses an average of 0.7amps and a maximum of 2.7amps. It will be connected to a 110A battery which also runs the other domestic requirements (water pump, lighting, TV). Am I likely to have enough power to operate the fridge overnight without killing the battery?

 

[Wiggo]

Yes. 0.7A is the average (it cycles between drawing zero and 2.7A), so it will use 7Ah in 10 hours overnight. More if you keep opening it, so try buying litre bottles of wine/beer intead of the standard small ones.

 

[bdsweeting]

Good advice, always keep the fridge stocked up. Cold things help it to stay cold, cold air just slips away!

Power consumption goes down overnight unless you are a 'fridge raider'.

 

[hlb]

My new 88 vintage fridge seems to use nearly no battery power, However a 76 version flattened batteries in no time. I think you need to modernise. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif