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Hello everybody,
I have an island solar system with 300Wp and was able to successfully connect a refrigerator to my Phoenix Inverter 375/12. In fact, the inverter easily manages the starting voltage. All is well.
But I'm not sure if I can switch to ECO mode. In ECO mode, the inverter asks every 2.5 seconds whether power is requested. Can a normal compressor refrigerator (Telefunken cf-32-150, 62 kwh / year) handle it without being damaged?
Thank you for your feedback.
Volker
Every 'old fashioned' fridge with a mechanical thermostat is perfectly able to be used with the eco-setting.
Sorry but you are wrong and are contradicting the information I have provided in another post
My fridge stalls randomly but only when used with the eco mode.
In theory the polling time should not cause a problem but how a particular make and model of fridge reacts might!
So you are very much in the realms of having try it and see which is not ideal!
it would be a very expensive exercise to keep trying different makes or even models of fridge if compatibility is an issue!
I am having issues with an Inventor 43l A++ fridge when used with the eco mode.
I have provided details in my comments to a similar question here:
https://community.victronenergy.com/questions/19778/phoenix-inverter-eco-mode-issue-with-refrigerator.html
