I have used my Norcold AC/DC fridge freezer in my Joey bed storage before but only on AC. I want to connect it to both AC and DC for more flexibility. Has any one used one in this location? Any idea how many amps the DC circuit is? Has any one figured out a good way to handle the wires so they don't get hung up when the bed slides in and out? I have a spare battery that I have used with the Norcold and if the DC outlet is not able to handle the draw I may place the battery in line so it acts as a buffer for the load and gets recharged off of the coach.
Any ideas would be appreciated, Thanks Phil
Phil,
If you have the Owner's Manual with the electrical, air, etc. drawings, the "house" 12VDC circuit drawing should tell you the amps on that circuit. You may also get that circuit's amp from the fuse in front of the bed.
Peter
Peter, I was being lazy and wanted to test the knowledge bank available here! I will start to look and dig next.
According to the handy-dandy Interwebz the Norcold Trek 2 can be operated on 12vdc, 24vdc or 120vac. The interesting part is that it seems to require more power on AC (144 watts) than on DC (50 on 12vdc and 48 on 24vdc). Here are the specs:
"Amps: 1.2 120V AC, 4.2 12V DC, 2 24V DC."
So running it from an inverter would not be as good an idea as running it from 12vdc. But I suspect that running it on 12vdc would mean that it runs virtually 24/7/356 (all the time). Before I installed it I think I'd hook it up through a Kill-a-Watt and see just what it does draw over a week or so in terms of kw/hours.
Craig