Fridge again

Should not be a problem at all Kipor generators are digital sine wave. I run wy waeco on240v while charging my battery using 240v charger at the same time. Mine is a 2600Watt kipor.

Daryl,

You can happily run a fridge from a quality generator that provides clean power. Kipors deliver clean power.

I've been doing it for years with a Kipor.

Rest easy young man. All is fine.

Cheers,

Jim.

No problem to run a fridge direct from a generator it is no different from the mains, the power from the generator is the same voltage & frequency as normal mains ( grid ) power, it is the same for any station owner, shack owner, mining site, they run everthing from their generators, all generators are sine wave, three phase and are rectified to single phase ie: 240 volts ,50 hertz, (unless you have a three phase genset - 415v ). it is inverters that are square wave, modified sine wave or sine wave or pure sine wave as some say. The only thing to worry about is the starting curent of the fridge may be a bit high for the 1kva genset, running curent would be fine, it just means that when the compressor on the fridge cuts in it may cause the genny to stall or faulter for a split second or two then it would pick up speed ok.
hope this helps
Martin

Hi bricky,
I agree with all the posts, I run my engel on the honda genny 1kva and it goes well.

Kipor is aparently a puresine wave so it should be the same. I use a 25amp ctek the fridge and some lights and it copes well (although it is loaded up).

Cheer Wilko

What I can't understand is:
Why run the fridge direct from the genni ??
Why not run the fridge from the 12v battery system ??

Reason being, you will have the genni running even when the fridge is NOT running,
this is only a waste of fuel as most efficient 12v fridge's will run on a 30% duty cycle anyway.

Why not run the fridge from the battery, then only charge the battery system when it gets low ??

Maîneÿ . . .

Agree with Mainey. Why run a genny just to power the fridge when you can use 12 volts then charge the battery for an hour or so each day. We use our CT this way for weeks running lights etc off the battery and then just put the smart charger on for an hour or so every second day.
Saves on fuel and noise.
We have a Honda 1kv and it will run the fridge great but why bother.

The fridges 240V heating element will do a far superior job with normal fridge use.
The 12V element will only keep the fridge cold. I'e'. Don't open the door.
12V is usually only used when traveling.
ozjohn.

There is no problem powering the fridge from the Kipor as it is a pure sine wave generator. A cheaper square wave generator will also run it OK, but there is a small chance of a spike if loads fluctuate.

I have run my last 2 fridges off a 100 amp hour battery with a solar panel but if the weather is not great I recharge the battery via the generator as needed.

240 volt or 12 volt for a compressor fridge, as the trailblazer is, makes no difference as the 240 is rectifed back to 12, as that is what the Danfos motor is anyway.

Don't under rate the Kipor, it is still a good generator, albeit not the quality of the Honda or Yamaha.

Brian DJ

Thanks for the replies everyone. I can rest easy knowing I will not damage the fridge. As Travelin OZ said I normally run the fridge on 12v and only on 240 while charging the batteries. I am assuming that the genny can handle both the fridge and charger and it means the fridge is not draining the batteries for 2 or 3 hours a day.

Daryl