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    Posted: 01 May 2016 at 9:09pm
When the refrigerator starts up it draws 9.5 amps at 120 volts AC. I have not checked it after it reaches temperature what the current drops down to if it does. When running on 120 volts AC the DC control of the refrigerator takes .13 amps and the 2 air circulation fans used for forced air circulation take .32 amps DC each. These fans only come on when it is warm outside. I have a 12 gauge extension cord I picked up at a garage sale and made a cord out of it to run from the side of my houise to the trailer.
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Originally posted by JandL

When the refrigerator starts up it draws 9.5 amps at 120 volts AC. I have not checked it after it reaches temperature what the current drops down to if it does. When running on 120 volts AC the DC control of the refrigerator takes .13 amps and the 2 air circulation fans used for forced air circulation take .32 amps DC each. These fans only come on when it is warm outside. I have a 12 gauge extension cord I picked up at a garage sale and made a cord out of it to run from the side of my houise to the trailer.


What model Pod and fridge do you have and how are you measuring the 9.5A? Are you sure you don't mean 0.95A at 120V? That's about 10X what it should draw. I assume you have the standard absorption fridge, or has someone substitute a residential type fridge.
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I have a Dometic Model RM 8501 and I looked in the owner’s manual that came with my trailer and on page 11 it says ‘Rating details mains 1135 W” and that’s where I got my 9.5 amps from. I now see that that is a typo in the owner’s manuals because the next refrigerator on the list the RM 8505 only draws 135 watts. I went out and looked at the refrigerator rating plate and it says 120 V 1.2 amps. I never noticed the owner’s manual was wrong till now. Thanks
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As far as the extension cord thing, go buy a real 30A RV extension cord. probably 25% of the campsites we have been to, we needed one.
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Changed the plug on a 25' boat shore power cord to match the rpod plug and am able to plug into the garage.This also allows the use of my surge protector while plugged in at home.Safety first.
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Posts: 1407 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 May 2016 at 6:17pm
We keep our Pod plugged into a 15A outlet to keep the batteries topped off. The fridge doesn't take much electricity, so you're probably OK running it. The microwave and A/C are the two big power draws that you need to avoid.
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The AC and DC heating elements in the fridge only use 120 watts.  Nameplate ratings on appliances are always wrong.  Add a few more watts for the electronics and you'll be close to the 150 watts mentioned above.

As furpod said, get a proper 30 amp extension cord, plus a 15-to-30 amp adapter and 50-to-30 amp adapter.
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I use the Reliance Amwatt Appliance Load Tester with my Yamaha 2000 watt inverter generator. It will tell the amps or watts being drawn by an appliance. It is relatively inexpensive - just $25 at Home Depot:
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Which model Yamaha?
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Posts: 100 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 May 2016 at 3:48am
Originally posted by this_is_nascar

Which model Yamaha?

I compared the Honda EU2000I and the Yamaha EF2000IS. Both are well reported on, but I chose the Yamaha for the following reasons:
I have used that Yamaha to start an electric chipper with a 14 amp rating. While it does hesitate when turned on, once it gets started the chipper draws about 4 amps. Maybe the Yamaha can run an Rpod AC unit. I might try adding a hard-start capacitor.
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