

| Subject: | Re: Calling all solar gurus |
| From: | David Beierl |
| Date: | Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:01:42 -0400 |
At 01:30 PM 6/28/2009, Ellen Oregon wrote: >So what do you solar gurus think of this? Is this sufficient >wattage to run my fridge? I don't plan on hooking anything else into it. [Not a solar guru] If you're talking about the Dometic fridge, IIRC it's rated at 7.5 A/85 watts (which implies it's rated at a realistic 11.3 volts input). Unless you've modified it, it runs continuously on DC, so there's no way that a panel with 60 watt max output (4 amps at 15 volts) would keep up with it even if it were noon 24 hours a day. If it's a different fridge, you'll need to know the specs for it. Incidentally, on the web page it states in one place that it's using amorphous cells, in another place crystalline. -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '89 Po' White Star "Scamp"
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