

| Subject: | Re: Vitrifrigo temp data |
| From: | Craig Cowan |
| Date: | Sun, 7 Jul 2013 18:13:58 -0400 |
Wait until the sun comes out and your interior temps get around/above 90*. You won't be seeing 3 days of running on a 125ah battery and no solar.... I barely do with 225ah and 80watts of solar when the heat is up. -craig On Jul 7, 2013, at 5:56 PM, Troy <colorworks@GCI.NET> wrote: > David: > > The meter also reads out in watt hours, and a few other things as well. For > anyone interested in the watt hours, it's reading 275 Wh's. over almost 24 > hrs at this point. I guess that amp hours is something I understand a little > bit better, as the battery is listed in amp hr capacity. The deep cycle > marine battery I have for example is a 125 amp hour battery. Using 20 amp > hours of that is something that I can relate to. I don't know how many watt > hours the 125 amp hour battery contains, and I guess that depends on voltage > according to your description. Knowing that my 125 amp hour battery is > capable of delivering about 65 or so AH's,(50% battery depletion) I know I > can run my fridge for about three days before the battery needs charged, and > that's the most useful information for me. I realize this is a very > simplistic approach, and other variables apply, but I think it's good enough > for general calculations. Do you agree? Fridge is now at 26°, so guess I > need to change the settings. Amazing little unit I must say... > > Troy > > > From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@attglobal.net> > To: "Troy" <colorworks@GCI.NET> > Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 1:14 PM > Subject: Re: Vitrifrigo temp data > > >> At 04:37 PM 7/7/2013, Troy wrote: >>> I'm not sure if anyone else has plotted the electrical usage, but on my >>> "watts up" meter it appears I've used almost 20 amp hours in 21 hrs, so >>> about one amp per hr, which I thought was actually pretty amazing. This is >>> the first >> >> Just being pedantic here...that's one *amp-hour *per hour, or an average >> of one amp consumption. Amperes is a rate of charge transfer (coulombs >> per second), ampere hours is an amount of charge (one amp hour would be >> 3600 coulombs, or the amount of charge in about 240 average-size lightning >> bolts (or ten really humongous ones)). >> >> To get the most accurate picture of consumption you have to go one step >> farther and look at watt-hours, if your meter will do that. An amp-hour >> at ten volts has ten times the energy of an amp-hour at one volt; >> watt-hours takes voltage into account and gives energy directly. >> >> Yours, >> David
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