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...