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SlowBro
Explorer III
Jun 30, 2015

Propane fridge -- how many watts per day on propane?

Looking to know how many watts or amps per day on average the control board and fans use. I can't get a good answer with Google. I've seen anywhere from 50 to 500 watts per day on propane. I have a...
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Dakota98
Explorer
Jun 30, 2015
Using the frig on propane the circuit board will use 1.5-2 amps.

More propane usage has no affect on DC power consumption aside from the furnace, which I doubt you'll be using.

What do you have for batteries currently ?

Are you going to have a generator in this equation, or just solar ?

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