Refrigerator and microwave

[Matt]

In my experience the built-in dometic fridge is usually good to run for about 24 hours, after that it can start to drain your batteries, depending on their condition, ambient temperature..I believe the built in fridge is powered by truck 12V. The truck I just bought doesn't have a fridge but has the switch wired to a cigarette lighter plug under the shelf so I use a 12v bag cooler and honestly i'm not sure i'll spend the money on a built in fridge for this truck, they're pretty pricey here in Canada, at least what i've seen. I'm only in the truck overnight a few days at a crack, long hauling that fridge might be nice.

The microwave i've used in the past has been a walmart special Danby 0.6 Cu-ft, holds up to the abuse and is fairly cheap to replace when it dies. I power it with a modified sine wave inverter that's overpowered for my application so i'm not over working it, in my new truck i'll be using a 3000W, hooked straight to the batteries with a fuse on each power cable (this inverter uses 2). I then get some bulk extension cord with buildable ends and run the power from the inverter under the bunk to the microwave so there isn't cords all over the place.