OK... full-timers ! question about solar !
I would really like to know..... if anyone is full timing and using ONLY solar. i realize that it takes alot of batteries and alot of solar panals and you have to have the right vehicle to accommodat...
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Hi,
An absorption fridge may use about 6 KWH per day. All the other loads pale in comparison to that.
6 kwh of consumption means having 12 kwh of battery bank. That will be approximately 10 Group 29 105 amp-hour batteries. It will take at least 600 watts of solar to replace the energy used by the fridge under ideal conditions. I'd add another 600 watts for less than perfect conditions, so the system would be at least 1200 watts of panels.
I can run my fridge for 24 hours on the 120 volt electric setting if my battery bank is brim full and the weather cooperates. Then I have to switch back to propane.
An absorption fridge may use about 6 KWH per day. All the other loads pale in comparison to that.
6 kwh of consumption means having 12 kwh of battery bank. That will be approximately 10 Group 29 105 amp-hour batteries. It will take at least 600 watts of solar to replace the energy used by the fridge under ideal conditions. I'd add another 600 watts for less than perfect conditions, so the system would be at least 1200 watts of panels.
I can run my fridge for 24 hours on the 120 volt electric setting if my battery bank is brim full and the weather cooperates. Then I have to switch back to propane.
