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From:Neil
Date:Fri, 10 Sep 2021 20:29:09 -0700

Hey Alistair. Yeah the panel etc "add on" costs are a tough bullet to
bite but well worth it IMHO. e.g. I'm finding a solar panel quite
useful in my ham radio "portable" work in my Westy. Of course running
the fridge and ham radio..... I need more panels! LOL.

As I'm sure other folks have said, you'll eventually tune out any
noise the fridge makes.

Neil.

On 9/10/21, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Neil,
>
> That’s the funny thing. I’ve had solar panels and a big assed (200Ahr) agm
> battery for 5-6 years now.
>
> Two 75w Siemens mono on the roof. One extra if I want to take it along as a
> “mobile” panel.
>
> MPPT controller.
>
> And this brings up a good point. If I didn’t have all that already I’d have
> been very very much more reluctant to go electric fridge. The battery and
> panel cost is a considerable additional cost to going electric fridge .
>
> Ab
>
>> On Sep 10, 2021, at 9:47 AM, Neil <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

>> How big will your solar farm be? LOL. Maybe you already have a solar
>> panel or two. They're so useful regardless of having a DC compressor
>> style fridge.
>>

-- 
Neil n

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