Tested my new Solar Panel today
Purchased a NewPowa 150 Watt 12 volt panel on Amazon for 159.00 figuring that all the talk about raising tariffs mean prices will be going up soon. It was shipped for free and came well packaged and p...
Forum Discussion
Almot wrote:
He mentioned possible compressor fridge. I've been toying with this idea for a while before discarding the idea, and found an OZ discussion where they did exactly this - in small vans like Dodge. Those were not very big fridges, under 6 cu.ft. It can get cold there in the night, but there is plenty of sun all year round. Despite all the sun, and alternator help, and "boosters" available in some fridges that accumulates the cold while on alternator, - they still had solar up to 180-200W. Installing more was not possible, and nobody regretted installing as much as they could.
Don't remember about their batteries, but 120AH sounds very little to me. And - heavy. My 100AH AGM are heavy, 120AH must be painfully heavy if you have to move them. Get 2*100 or 2*80. You're buying it for at least 3-5 years.
Thanks, Almot, I am considering a 3.1 Fridge/Freezer that seems to draw only about 30 amps a day and I will think about 2 80AH possibly...it is the lack of space and the expense that keeps me thinking of a 120 that would give 50-60 usable AH's.
