I was originally really excited about the 12v Fridge and 165w Factory Solar panel on my 2022 Imagine 2670MK. After a week of dry camping, I can't say that I'm excited about it anymore.
Short story:
Good for keeping your battery topped off on your way to campsite and between campsites. Not good for much else.
Long story:
Fearing the dealer included 24 Group size battery wasn't enough, I picked up a second 24 Group size battery prior to our trip and joined them in parallel. The night before the trip we turned on the fridge. The morning of the trip we put in our food which was already cold as we transferred from our home fridge to the RV fridge. Got to the campsite, and battery levels were full. Before we went to bed I checked the battery levels and it was low. Checked on it through the night, and we had below 10.5 volts by 2am. We transferred everything from the fridge to the freezer portion to keep things from spoiling.
Our unit came with the GE 12v Fridge. It is power hungry. There are four settings: Off, Cool, Cold, and Coldest. Cold is the recommended setting. At this setting, the fridge runs constantly. At Cool, it will stop running and just turn on long enough to keep things cool. From my non-scientific calculations (using a thermometer with no particular methodology), this was about 42 degrees. Recommended is below 40 degrees or bacteria starts to grow exponentially.
We had to run a generator in the morning and in the evening to keep the battery topped off to keep the Fridge happy. At night, we would then transfer the food to the freezer and turn the setting to cool just to keep our food from spoiling.
Not impressed.
YMMV
Short story:
Good for keeping your battery topped off on your way to campsite and between campsites. Not good for much else.
Long story:
Fearing the dealer included 24 Group size battery wasn't enough, I picked up a second 24 Group size battery prior to our trip and joined them in parallel. The night before the trip we turned on the fridge. The morning of the trip we put in our food which was already cold as we transferred from our home fridge to the RV fridge. Got to the campsite, and battery levels were full. Before we went to bed I checked the battery levels and it was low. Checked on it through the night, and we had below 10.5 volts by 2am. We transferred everything from the fridge to the freezer portion to keep things from spoiling.
Our unit came with the GE 12v Fridge. It is power hungry. There are four settings: Off, Cool, Cold, and Coldest. Cold is the recommended setting. At this setting, the fridge runs constantly. At Cool, it will stop running and just turn on long enough to keep things cool. From my non-scientific calculations (using a thermometer with no particular methodology), this was about 42 degrees. Recommended is below 40 degrees or bacteria starts to grow exponentially.
We had to run a generator in the morning and in the evening to keep the battery topped off to keep the Fridge happy. At night, we would then transfer the food to the freezer and turn the setting to cool just to keep our food from spoiling.
Not impressed.
YMMV
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