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drifter_wayfare
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Dec 11, 2016

Can't run a portable freezer on B&D battery station

I bought a small Whynter portable freezer from Home Depot. It requires 110V AC, draws a miniscule 79W and 1.1A. So I bought a Black & Decker 500W battery power station (Model PPRH5B) that has an inver...
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westend
Explorer
Dec 12, 2016
I ran into a similar problem powering a small dorm fridge using a Samlex 600W inverter. The inverter was not able to overcome the surge of the Lock Rotor Draw of the fridge. I replaced the Samlex with a 1000W Xantrex Prowatt inverter and it doesn't break a sweat with the fridge, running it off of my 300 AH capacity batteries.

You'll need a larger inverter and more battery capacity than the B&D power station to run your little freezer.

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