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Question re Solar power
13 September 2013, 17:27,
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RE: Question re Solar power
You will want a solar panel, battery bank and an inverter.
You need the batteries so that the fridge freezer can run at night if it needs to maintain the temperature.
First find the kW rating of your fridge freezer.
From this you can work out the maximum power the inverter needs to be and probably at least double it for starting surge
Then find the kWh/year rating of your fridge freezer
From this you can work out the average kW which can be used to calculate the size of panel you need (and also the minimum size of battery you need to carry you between daylight).

During the winter your solar panels produce very little compared to the peak sunlight hours of summer.

It's definitely worth looking at a super-high efficiency fridge rather than getting a much bigger solar system for a less-efficient fridge.
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Question re Solar power - by MaryN - 12 September 2013, 20:22
RE: Question re Solar power - by Highlander - 12 September 2013, 21:25
RE: Question re Solar power - by Waylander - 12 September 2013, 21:36
RE: Question re Solar power - by Nix - 12 September 2013, 22:13
RE: Question re Solar power - by Scythe13 - 12 September 2013, 21:58
RE: Question re Solar power - by Highlander - 12 September 2013, 22:08
RE: Question re Solar power - by Skvez - 13 September 2013, 17:27
RE: Question re Solar power - by uks - 13 September 2013, 18:47

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