addacrash wrote:
Thank you again Doug.
My list...
Baffles
inverter
solar
This should quell my issue! Thanks again ;-)
Be aware that the duty cycle for an absorption fridge is 2:3.
Mine uses 5.7 KWH per day (measured by a kill-a-watt meter), so it takes a fairly massive solar installation to power it on 120 volts.
Inverters are about 88% efficient (best case)
5.7 / .88 =~6.48 kwh needed per day
6.48/5 (usual guess for number of hours of production per day) = 1296 watts of panels.
Then you will need yet more solar to provide for your other power needs.
There may not be room on the roof for such a large solar array.
Don't get me wrong--I think solar is wonderful. But absorption fridges are, and always will be, power hogs.
1300 watts of solar would easily run a residential fridge.
