Ice Maker

[bdosborn]

As Bobhenry posted earlier, a mini fridge will use 1.2A at 120V. That's 12 amps at 12V. Figure a 50% duty cycle and that's 6 amp-hrs for a mini-fridge versus 0.5 amp-hrs for a Waeco (they were bought by Dometic so I guess they aren't Waecos anymore). So they really do work that much better.

Bruce

[Rainier70]

Wow, that is an impressive difference!

[pmowers]

The magic chef, dometic and STE ice makers appear to be made by the same company. Mine is a 120 watt and I have run it successfully used in on a small inverter. My ice maker makes about 35 pounds/day, I get about a 1 gal zip lock bag in less than 1 hour. Yes, it is not insulated, and the capacity is small, but it works well for us.