Nova Kool refrigerator
Anyone here have a Nova Kool fridge? I need to hear about dry camping with one. Surely, there are many variables, such as ambient temperature, battery bank, etc., and I know that a 4.3 cu ft. Nova K...
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mockturtle wrote:
Thanks, all of you, for your input. Dave, it's good to hear that yours is working well. Since mine will be smaller, it should have quite a bit less energy draw. I'm getting 200W of solar but, here in the Pac NW, there isn't always a lot of sun (an understatement). Not that I'll be spending winters here much longer. I can run the generator if necessary but prefer not to.
The upside of cloudy days is you harvest less solar but because of lower outside temps, your all electric fridge will cycle less.
My 7.5 uses the equivalent of a 60W light bulb when cycling which is around 40% @70F. Even a week in the rain around Powell River, BC Early July, with some solar, cooler temperatures and power from the alternator kept us genny free.
Dave
