How do you keep your battery from going dead with refrigerator running?

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Flying240, May 19, 2019.

  1. Flying240

    Flying240 Light Load Member

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    Hey guys,
    Sometimes I like to leave my refrigerator running on Friday when I get home. Sometimes by Monday morning, the truck batteries are dead. The yard doesn't have any electricity so I can run a drop cord. I could just not be lazy and take all my food out but there's gotta be a solution rather than have to empty my fridge every time. What should I do?
     
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  3. 86scotty

    86scotty Road Train Member

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    There's no solution except get a cord. My truck has 4 batteries and when the weather gets warmer and the fridge cycles more it will kill the battery in a weekend. I'm assuming you have an AC fridge and an inverter. If you buy a high dollar RV DC only fridge it will use much less power. Look at a Truckfridge.

    Another option is to go idle your truck for an hour or so mid weekend. No fun but it works. A lot of times I'll go start my truck or APU and go eat or run some errands some time mid weekend.
     
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  4. DUNE-T

    DUNE-T Road Train Member

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    Get better deep cycle marine batteries
     
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  5. bigtravelr

    bigtravelr Light Load Member

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    DC fridge and 5 amps of solar or an apu
     
  6. Flying240

    Flying240 Light Load Member

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    Run the truck of Deep cycle batteries?
     
  7. Flying240

    Flying240 Light Load Member

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    APU is out of the question. Lol... What particular solar do you recommend?
     
  8. jdchet

    jdchet Medium Load Member

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  9. bigtravelr

    bigtravelr Light Load Member

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    Amazon has flexible panels you can mount on top of sleeper. Or you can get a portable kit of hard panels.

    Harbor freight has the portable kits you'll need 2 of them
     
  10. DUNE-T

    DUNE-T Road Train Member

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    I mean install them instead of the ones you currently have.
     
  11. tarmadilo

    tarmadilo Road Train Member

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    Put a 5 lb bag of ice in the fridge and it won’t cycle until the ice has melted. That’s usually good for at least one day.
     
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