Well, the place to start is to see how much power that refrigerator draws,
then see whether your panels can provide the needed power during the sunny
times of the day to run the refrigerator and with enough excess to top up
the battery which will be needed to run the refrigerator when the sun
don't shine. And you'll need to look at whether the battery has enough
storage (amp-hours) to keep the refrigerator running once the sun goes
down until it rises and strikes the panel again.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR

On 4/9/2010 4:19 PM Mervyn Readman wrote:

> I am thinking of buying a 130 watt panel for my van. I am also thinking of
> buying a portable refrig/freezer (not the cheapie kind) that that panel will
> help power. My question is how are folks with panels routing the wire into
> van. I was thinking the air intake at the rear of the van. Any one have any
> ideas? Also if anyone has any experience with the $400 to $600
> refrig/freezers(ones shaped like a regular cooler)I would love to hear pros
> and cons. Thanks  Merv
>