

| Subject: | Re: Run time to charge Aux battery |
| From: | Karl |
| Date: | Sat, 5 Sep 2009 14:13:01 -0400 |
I calculate that usage at 33.6 a/h per day. 24 x 7 = 168 , divide by .2 = 33.6. Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > Hi Malcolm. > > A 24-hour run of your refrigerator, if it draws 7A, and has a duty cycle > of 2/10 (two minutes out of ten) will consume 4.8 amp-hours (Ah) per day. > So if your numbers are correct, and if you wanted to never discharge your > deep-cycle batteries too deeply (say never less than 80% discharged so > they last longer), then a five-day run of (call it) 5Ah per day would > require 25Ah, and a battery with a 30Ah rating should do the job.
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