I have a small mini "Nucool" fridge that I would like to run off of solar. The fridge runs 115V and 15amp. Will this panel be sufficient?
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You will need a deep cycle battery and big enough inverter to run it use solar panel to keep battery charged
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Check those specs again... where did you get 15amp from? 115v x 15amp = 1725watts. A 50w panel will not power a 1725watt appliance. Your best bet is to buy a Kill-a-Watt meter from amazon. That will provide you with accurate usage specs.
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15 amps. NO! My 27 cubic ft home refrigerator doesn't use 15 amps. Double check your numbers. Also, you can't run any 115 volt device off a solar panel. The panel charges a battery. The battery runs into an inventor. The fridge runs off the invertor.
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If you had it hooked to a large capacity battery. With a inverter hooked to that battery large enough to handle 115vac @ 5amps. The amps for a small fridge is probaly closer to 1.5 than it is 15 amps. So with your panel in full sunlight producing 50W at 22vdc regulated to 12vdc. You could in theory run the fridge.
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Check those specs again... where did you get 15amp from?115v x 15amp = 1725watts.A 50w panel will not power a 1725watt appliance.Your best bet is to buy a Kill-a-Watt meter from amazon.That will provide you with accurate usage specs.
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No. Not really even close. 115 V and 15 amps is over 1000W. Actually, 15 amp number seems way high, but in any event a 50W 12VDC will not operate a small fridge.
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Watts = volts times amps. You need about 1700 watts to run the fridge, not just 50 watts. In addition you would need to run the current through an inverter, which would require a little more energy.
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Sharon - a typical refrigerator uses around 600 watts this will provide around 100 watts max so it will fall a bit short. I haven't tested it with a newer refrigerator but if you had a smaller electric cooler that required a lower wattage this would work great. Hope that helps.Matt
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I have a small fridge (4.5CF) and I run it off one of these batteries plus a four 85 AH batteries. The batteries supply more than enough power and I believe one 125 AH battery would run the fridge alone. I run lights, fridge, TV off my system.
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This is not a refrigerator is all I can say. They do make 12v refrigerators which are costly but actually use about a third of the power this does. I would not recommend this for your application. Maybe for a vacation cabin for a weekend. Translate: if you never actually have to live with the setup.
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My MS2012 runs the standard size microwave just fine. It also runs everything elso on my coach that is on the 115V breakers in the subpanel I wired it to. That includes most all receptacles in the coach including the fridge. I would not recommend running the fridge on 115V through the inverter as it drains your batteries. Leave the fridge on gas. You need to know how your coach is wired and what is on each breaker that you hook into the subpanel that the inverter will feed.
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It can carry 20amps so that should do it. You might want to read the owners manual for the freezer to make sure.
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This is an excellent panel. Puts out good voltage with very little light. As a personal rule I have found that one watt solar should equal one A/H battery so the 55ah would be the best choice. Google for"Solar Calculator" but all of these will ask you to define the load before they give you any info.
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I disagree with MicroSolar, and agree with James H., I have a 675 watt fridge, and my inverter kicks the compressor over just fine with a 2500watt peak at the beggining, but i have overkill wiring, fat 4gauage more like 2awg. And the run (circuit legnth Pos + Neg) is 2 feet... Might wanna check your wiring before buying a bigger model, though your fridge could be more power hungry....
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Look at the cataloge of your fridge and search for "power" (in watt) If the number was less than 500, you can use this. But I don't think that the frige can work below 500 watt. So check it.
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Sorry, 300 watts is the Max unless your fridge is powered by rechargeable batteries.
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I did buy this inverter..it did just what we wanted it to do... we use it for a small solar application on an off grid camp.. our biggest concern was running a small chest freezer converted to a run as fridge with a 5A start up needed. Have not had a problem.
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Yes, if refrigerator rated at 200 VA or less. You will also need 12v to 220v inverter and batteries to support night time operation.
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The inverter is a 3500 W. 4 1500 W equals 6000 w. That would mean you would need 2. I use this inverter on my boat. It runs a household refrigerator of approximately 1800 W. The best thing about this inverter is that it will shut down if it is back fed. Since I switch from AC to DC this feature is extremely valuable. I would recommend this inverter because I have tried Xanax and I burnt out 4 them. As far as the amount of battery you need it all depends on how long you going to run the unit.
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Hi if your refrig is 110 volt at 3.5 amp then you will need 385 watts , two panels would work 3 would be better if you have good sun light and battery to store min of 200 amp hours should be enough to run in the evening hours.On the type of panels, best to do some on line research on that subject for motorhome . Good luck. Dave
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A 15 amp circuit is fine for the fridge. Space heaters are current hogs so you should make sure both appliances are on separate circuits.
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Not sure, maybe you can find the specs online. I have a crappy room with crappy grounding and LOTS of musical and other electronics and this fridge was whacked into the 120 AC and didn't even make the lights burp when it went on. Hope this helps!!
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I hooked mine up to my regular household voltage----120V. (although yours may be 110, 115 or 120). When connecting it to an existing circuit, make sure the total expected wattage load won't exceed your circuit amperage multiplied by the volts. Example: On a 15 Amp circuit, with 120 volts, I have a capacity of 1800 watts. If I'm running my Waste King at 450 Watts (4.5 Amps) while my standard fridge is powering up at 350 watts , and my toaster or microwave are running at 1100 watts, and my lights are on, I'm likely to flip my breaker. That's why the electrical load of most kitchens today are split over two or more circuits.