"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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The marine fridge will run when not level (the boat is rocking), it will
switch from 12v to 120v automatically, it will take the pounding and
abuse
that the dorm refrigerator will not take. The built in inverter will run
only when the thermostat is calling for cooling, saving power.


I think you mean built-in compressor.

Marine fridges are almost all DC by nature. Some will also run on AC when
a
converter, like a battery charger, changes the power to DC. :-)

The guy who is considering buying a WAL MART fridge and a $50 inverter to
save
money? 1) He'll spend more dough for the batteries to run such a setup
than a
far more efficient marine refirgerator would cost and 2) Rube Goldberg
solutions are not usually successful in the long run. 3) Is there a $50
inverter that will run a refrigerator?

What these two fine fellows said. I have a marine refrig and consider it
one of the better investments I made when outfitting the Contender.

Did I mention that it keeps the sammiches cool? ;)

Later,

Tom