Running A/C on solar.
I want to do a solar setup on my new TT. One big enough to run the A/C. I'm thinking of getting an inverter big enough to run the A/C, and just running the shore power cable to it when I'm camping...
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As noted in earlier post, have over 7 kW-hr of usable electricity with LFP. Total weight of the four batteries (each is 4 x 3.4 V CALB cells) is 254# (116 kg). They are expensive but that is a choice we made to be totally solar autonomous. There is room and weight allowance in front bay for two more 12 V (nominal) batteries (this would be 10.5 kW-hrs usable) but it would be expensive and Elaine does not go for it.
Might go with those 435 W panels if we were to do it over again; however, son buys the 235 W panels in multiple pallet loads so there is a cost differential. We could probably put six of those 435 panels on roof.
From Wikipedia:
"...A ton of refrigeration (commonly abbreviated as TR) is a unit of power used in some countries (especially in North America) to describe the heat-extraction capacity of refrigeration and air conditioning equipment. It is defined as the heat of fusion absorbed by melting 1 short ton (2,000 lb; 0.893 long tons; 0.907 t) of pure ice at 0 °C (32 °F) in 24 hours.[1][2] It is equivalent to the consumption of one ton of ice per day and originated during the transition from stored natural ice to mechanical refrigeration.
A refrigeration ton is approximately equivalent to 12,000 BTU/h or 3.517 kW,\..."
You will need a lot of ice in that ice box air conditioner, but it certainly beats nothing.
Reed and Elaine
Might go with those 435 W panels if we were to do it over again; however, son buys the 235 W panels in multiple pallet loads so there is a cost differential. We could probably put six of those 435 panels on roof.
From Wikipedia:
"...A ton of refrigeration (commonly abbreviated as TR) is a unit of power used in some countries (especially in North America) to describe the heat-extraction capacity of refrigeration and air conditioning equipment. It is defined as the heat of fusion absorbed by melting 1 short ton (2,000 lb; 0.893 long tons; 0.907 t) of pure ice at 0 °C (32 °F) in 24 hours.[1][2] It is equivalent to the consumption of one ton of ice per day and originated during the transition from stored natural ice to mechanical refrigeration.
A refrigeration ton is approximately equivalent to 12,000 BTU/h or 3.517 kW,\..."
You will need a lot of ice in that ice box air conditioner, but it certainly beats nothing.
Reed and Elaine
