• nixcamic@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Correction: they still use AC motors, but those motors don’t use line AC. It goes line AC > rectifier > DC > inverter board > variable frequency AC to run the compressor motor.

    Most RV fridges just use DC motors, but there are some that use VFDs and AC motors.