[C320-list] Fridge Usage

[Simon Rock]

Hi Colin,

You know the size of my fridge. I left the charger off one weekend, and when
I returned the following weekend, it was all still working, and there
battery monitor was telling me that there was plenty of power leftover.

Now, I do have 450Amphr of capacity, so at 20Amphr/day, the 6 days would
have only consumed 120Amphr's. Or less than 20% of the battery capacity.

Now that I have the better monitor, I will let you know how many amps the
fridge pulls.

Is the fridge sealing properly?

Cheers
 

-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Colin Evans
Sent: Monday, 12 December 2011 4:50 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: [C320-list] Fridge Usage

 
Cast your minds back a few weeks when I queried the time our fridge was
running. It generated a lot of discussion, and we learnt many energy saving
ideas for the fridge.  Thank you all.
However
Generally it seemed that about 30% t 40% running time was normal.  Now I
have had my batteries checked by our local supplier and they are fine.  At
less than two years old I would hope so.
I have still have the problem of lack of power.  We went 16 hoiurs last
weekend and then there was insufficient power to start the fridge.  Bear in
ming that we have 2 x 150A house batteries and a separate starting battery.
The general comments indicated that we should be okay for 48 hours, as all
three batteries indicated being fully charged when we left the marina
If anyone can shed some light on this I would be grateful.
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Regards
Colin Evans
Watermark #774
Lake Macquarie, Australia