Fridge in an 86 268 sundancer

[stevea661]

I found out today after cleaning up some wireing that my fridge will run off 1 of my batteries. Not knowing, I have a question or two. does that thing run on a compressor like a real fridge or off of heated ammonia like in an rv. How quick does the fridge kill a battery. Thanks in advance.

 

[Sundancer]

We have two house batteries on our 89 DA. I plug it in at the house while it's on the trailer and turn the fridge on and bring it down to temp the night before or as soon as I get up. If we motor 2 miles to our destination upon arrival on Friday and stay through Sunday, I just switch batteries sometime Saturday afternoon. I've gone two nights on one battery, but I haven't ever measured the battery to see what the voltage is when I switch. We're pretty easy on batteries since all we run is the water and some lights at night. I have a couple of group 27 batteries, I think? Maybe they are 31? I can't remember what I bought last year!

 

[stevea661]

We have two house batteries on our 89 DA. I plug it in at the house while it's on the trailer and turn the fridge on and bring it down to temp the night before or as soon as I get up. If we motor 2 miles to our destination upon arrival on Friday and stay through Sunday, I just switch batteries sometime Saturday afternoon. I've gone two nights on one battery, but I haven't ever measured the battery to see what the voltage is when I switch. We're pretty easy on batteries since all we run is the water and some lights at night. I have a couple of group 27 batteries, I think? Maybe they are 31? I can't remember what I bought last year!

I only have 2 batteries so I guess I'll just try not to kill both at the same time durring the learning curve. Thanks.