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...
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Had a 3.2 cu ft 120v only fridge/freezer in the TC for a couple years. (The original 1981 fridge was toast.) What a nightmare! The 3.2 job drew 4.5 DC amps from the battery via the inverter when running, which was say 2/3 of the time.
That comes to 16 hrs at 4.5 amps = 72 AH a day. Never mind the other normal DC things per day. I had a battery bank of four batteries in the TC and truck bed, plus 255w of solar.
If the sun shone most of the days, the batteries would still be above 50% after four or five days. If not much sunshine, after a couple days might have to turn off the fridge if not going home right away anyway. (No generator in the TC and running the truck as a battery charger is very lame, forget that.)
Recently got a used proper little RV fridge that runs on propane. Dometic 700L ISTR, forget just now what it is (senior moment) What a relief! Now there is no sweat getting by for several days even if the sun never shines.
IMO, any idea having a 120v only fridge in a small RV with only one or two batteries, even with a bit of solar is just asking for it, unless you have a generator and enough gas to run it for long periods of time.
You want a propane fridge!!!! :(
That comes to 16 hrs at 4.5 amps = 72 AH a day. Never mind the other normal DC things per day. I had a battery bank of four batteries in the TC and truck bed, plus 255w of solar.
If the sun shone most of the days, the batteries would still be above 50% after four or five days. If not much sunshine, after a couple days might have to turn off the fridge if not going home right away anyway. (No generator in the TC and running the truck as a battery charger is very lame, forget that.)
Recently got a used proper little RV fridge that runs on propane. Dometic 700L ISTR, forget just now what it is (senior moment) What a relief! Now there is no sweat getting by for several days even if the sun never shines.
IMO, any idea having a 120v only fridge in a small RV with only one or two batteries, even with a bit of solar is just asking for it, unless you have a generator and enough gas to run it for long periods of time.
You want a propane fridge!!!! :(
