eabyrd
Solar Enthusiast
So I'm building out a Prius V as a basecamp vehicle for some doing some long trail segments and in order to ensure my step-2s or my SPATs are kept at the appropriate temperature while I'm traipsing through the foliage I bought a BougeRV DC fridge. It will run on 12V or 24V DC, and I've more than a couple well matched 12V AGM Deep Cycle batteries around the place so I'm going to bring 2 with me.
I've already experimented and determined that the fridge will run for a full 72 hours on a single 12-volt battery leaving it at ~30% capacity. So I figure 2X12 will be good for a good 144 hours or six days (plenty for a nice 100 mile loop trail through the mid-state. But I got to thinking, would running the fridge at 24V extend that run time in any way.
I'm going to experiment with it, in differing climate conditions to see what impacts that has as well. My 72 hour tests had it running in the basement, which is pretty much as kind as I could be to it. This weekend will see it running off that same batter in the uninsulated shed. It should see temps up about 100F. From there I'll move on to the 2-battery tests.
Why am I posting this you ask yourself (assuming you even made it this far); well I was wondering if any of you yahoos had played with these before and might like to hazard a guess as to the results.
Take care,
Ed
I've already experimented and determined that the fridge will run for a full 72 hours on a single 12-volt battery leaving it at ~30% capacity. So I figure 2X12 will be good for a good 144 hours or six days (plenty for a nice 100 mile loop trail through the mid-state. But I got to thinking, would running the fridge at 24V extend that run time in any way.
I'm going to experiment with it, in differing climate conditions to see what impacts that has as well. My 72 hour tests had it running in the basement, which is pretty much as kind as I could be to it. This weekend will see it running off that same batter in the uninsulated shed. It should see temps up about 100F. From there I'll move on to the 2-battery tests.
Why am I posting this you ask yourself (assuming you even made it this far); well I was wondering if any of you yahoos had played with these before and might like to hazard a guess as to the results.
Take care,
Ed