Best to size the battery bank according to expected usage. I'm installing 200 a/h in one of my vans, 232 a/h in the other. That will give me a solid week +, and 200 watts of solar on the smaller will keep me going indefinitely, I believe. Karl Don Hanson wrote: >> Actually...I think the real story is....Maybe....trying to use a 12v > battery powered fridge for an extended time without any plug-in is not so > easy as it would seem. For a few days, sure no problemo. But...and I am > sure I will be told.."Yeah, but MINE works fine" by a bunch of listers, > we've spent plenty of winters off the grid, camping amongst all kinds of > rigs...Very few have successfully used just 12v refrigeration (away from an > electrical plug in). Plenty of our 'neighbors' have tried...most of those > have had some problems or end up with ice chests as an Auxillary reefer.. > With a large solar collection set up and plenty of battery capacity I guess > you can do it...but it seems that for extended camping away from shore power > our best bet is propane for the fridge... |
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