solar

time2roll wrote:

Henry wrote:
I just want to operate a residential fridge thru my inverter. How many 12v batteries and will a 100w panel work?

Plenty of reports that have 4 batteries and 500 watts solar still needs a generator at times. You will get more power from your solar with lithium. Solar is good for maybe 5-6 hours a day, fridge runs 24/7.

Actually the fridge will generally on run the compressor 20minutes to 30 minutes per hr so in reality fridge runs 12 hrs or a bit less per 24hr..

Inverter can be an issue but if you have an inverter which has a power save feature you can reduce the amount of energy used by the inverter when it only powers up when there is a AC load demand large enough to turn it on.

For the record, I am only using one pair of 6v GC2 batteries to power my home fridge conversion for 24 hrs between charging..