power inverters, batteries and appliances
I am looking to set up a small fridge. Looking at ARBs new fridge freezer, which is a 12v fridge. This means i could not use 2 6 volt batteries? A small toaster oven and an air conditioner. Using a l...
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Hi danwild,
Yes, in theory, you can just use a normal air conditioner. The problem is one needs a rather massive battery bank.
I have 875 amp-hours of battery bank. That leaves me with about 400 amp-hours I can use.
But my roof air draws 1200 watts while running and that "translates" to about 120 DC amps. Because of the Puekert effect that 120 "appears" to be more like 180 amps. So *if* the battery bank is right full I can run the roof air for about 2 hours before going below 50% state of charge.
I would have to replenish the battery bank. That would take either shore power, a very long drive (ten hours), or a massive solar system (I only have 256 watts of panels).
Yes, in theory, you can just use a normal air conditioner. The problem is one needs a rather massive battery bank.
I have 875 amp-hours of battery bank. That leaves me with about 400 amp-hours I can use.
But my roof air draws 1200 watts while running and that "translates" to about 120 DC amps. Because of the Puekert effect that 120 "appears" to be more like 180 amps. So *if* the battery bank is right full I can run the roof air for about 2 hours before going below 50% state of charge.
I would have to replenish the battery bank. That would take either shore power, a very long drive (ten hours), or a massive solar system (I only have 256 watts of panels).
danwild wrote:
Can i use a normal small ac with just using a power inverter?
