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MrWizard
Aug 09, 2014Moderator
we have an 8CuFt residential fridge and 505w of solar and over 900+ amphrs of battery bank
but our solar does NOT produce 200 ampHrs a day
I think my high 164 Ahr
my low around 40 Ahr
weather, heat, clouds, parking in shade away from the sun
all play a part ..
we run the generator at least 4hrs a day unless moving
what you plan will work well for a weekend and/OR a few days
but for vacations or longer periods
you might need more generator run time than 30 minutes a day
we could not get by with that little run time for more than a day or so
but of course i use the PC a lot and we both have to charge our tablets
hers twice a day, she uses it all day most days,
we have several fans running from the inverter, in this weather they run 24 hrs a day, only shut down for cleaning
but our solar does NOT produce 200 ampHrs a day
I think my high 164 Ahr
my low around 40 Ahr
weather, heat, clouds, parking in shade away from the sun
all play a part ..
we run the generator at least 4hrs a day unless moving
what you plan will work well for a weekend and/OR a few days
but for vacations or longer periods
you might need more generator run time than 30 minutes a day
we could not get by with that little run time for more than a day or so
but of course i use the PC a lot and we both have to charge our tablets
hers twice a day, she uses it all day most days,
we have several fans running from the inverter, in this weather they run 24 hrs a day, only shut down for cleaning
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