Parallel vs Series, 10awg wire
My truck camper has OEM wiring for a solar panel, the problem is that it's only 10awg wire. I don't really want to remove the fridge if i don't have to so I'm trying to figure out the best way to jus...
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Hi phemens,
Fridge is a Dometic 6 cubic foot 3 way power.
36 amps @ 12 volts when cooling with a duty cycle of 2:3 and 5.7 KWH per day for consumption, starting with the fridge at an ambient of 20 c (68 f). First cycle was after about 6 hours. That is lower now, as I added an internal fan, and two fans in a mask to suck air out the chimney (thermostatically controlled).
600 watts of panels may power the fridge for the 3 peak solar hours per day. Rule of thumb for output per day is 5 hours, so potentially the harvest would be about 3000 watts--or a little over 50% of what our (greedy) absorption fridges want for power.
Fridge is a Dometic 6 cubic foot 3 way power.
36 amps @ 12 volts when cooling with a duty cycle of 2:3 and 5.7 KWH per day for consumption, starting with the fridge at an ambient of 20 c (68 f). First cycle was after about 6 hours. That is lower now, as I added an internal fan, and two fans in a mask to suck air out the chimney (thermostatically controlled).
600 watts of panels may power the fridge for the 3 peak solar hours per day. Rule of thumb for output per day is 5 hours, so potentially the harvest would be about 3000 watts--or a little over 50% of what our (greedy) absorption fridges want for power.
phemens wrote:
Pianotuna, not to highjack the thread, but you mentioned you are running the fridge off inverter. Is this a 3-way fridge?
Reason I ask is that I just bumped up my solar to 600 watts with 4 Trojan T125's. I'd like to run the fridge off 120 as much as possible. What kind of a drain do you typically see in a 24 hr cycle just for the fridge? Apart from tv and very occasional microwave use, we're pretty light on the inverter. We only dry camp, and I usually see the battery bank on float by noon latest.
