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[–] [email protected] 172 points 8 months ago (12 children)

Looking passed the absolutely insane answer here, no one has even brought up the whole issue of AC vs DC. Batteries are DC, while your fridge that plugs into your wall running on AC. I know they make DC ones, but it isn't like they are interchangeable.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Funny thing, most modern refrigerators use DC motors for their compressors so that they can run at variable speeds, so there's likely an inverter that you could bypass if you know the appropriate voltage. The DC ones for RVs are the same internals, just without the inverter.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I mean it's probably labeled, right? How hard could it be?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Exactly. Find a hole that's black and a hole that's red, and stick some wires in there. How hard could it be?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

(can't answer, because she was fucking electrocuted)

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