Can this run a typical 1.7 cubic ft mini fridge? If so how long?
1763627
David, you need to check the current draw from the mini fridge. There should be a label on it somewhere that tells you the current draw in Amps, or hopefully watts. The inverter is rated at 300 watts, so it will run most refrigerators, but how long it will run depends on what your mini fridge draws and how often it needs to cycle (on and off) which depends on many factors including the ambient (room) temperature. The surge capacity of the Yeti 400 is 600 watts, and that should be sufficient.
1763628
I don't think so. It will power your laptop and such. Check goal zero for more info.
1763629
Check the wattage. If it's at or below the rating on the Yeti, it WILL run it. However, don't get your hopes up for it running it for days and days. It's more like hours. Connected to some good splat panels all day will improve performance. But if it makes it thur an 8 hr. Night, I'd be surprised. Settings, draw, and use age all effect performance. NOBODY can tell you exactly how long it will run it. !BUT! It's Far better than nothing. If keeping things cold, Not frozen is the goal, don't forget youth fridge can keep things cold for a couple hours without power. DO NOT think of this as an easy answer to all your power needs. Join the real world and work from there. Check the wattage. If it's at or below the rating on the Yeti, it WILL run it. However, don't get your hopes up for it running it for days and days. It's more like hours. Connected to some good splat panels all day will improve performance. But if it makes it thur an 8 hr. Night, I'd be surprised. Settings, draw, and use age all effect performance. NOBODY can tell you exactly how long it will run it. !BUT! It's Far better than nothing. If keeping things cold, Not frozen is the goal, don't forget youth fridge can keep things cold for a couple hours without power. DO NOT think of this as an... » Read More Check the wattage. If it's at or below the rating on the Yeti, it WILL run it. However, don't get your hopes up for it running it for days and days. It's more like hours. Connected to some good splat panels all day will improve performance. But if it makes it thur an 8 hr. Night, I'd be surprised. Settings, draw, and use age all effect performance. NOBODY can tell you exactly how long it will run it. !BUT! It's Far better than nothing. If keeping things cold, Not frozen is the goal, don't forget youth fridge can keep things cold for a couple hours without power. DO NOT think of this as an easy answer to all your power needs. Join the real world and work from there. « Show Less
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First you have to find how many watt hours you're fridges. The yeti 400 has 400 Watt hours so if your fridge was 200 Watts you can run it for two hours.
967365
From what I've read from the manufacturer, you would need the yeti 400 to power a mini fridge. It is a larger sized machine.
298827
Possibly. I have used mine to run a small portable car refrigerator cooler for a short time and it worked fine. R. Skiba
2089854
Way to small for it and even if choose bigger one, it will be just few minutes run time... Fridge is consuming way to much when runining
130586
i would say not. we bought this for when hurricanes and power outage to run a fan, a small fan. It dies out pretty early, when we tried any appliance, like a microwave, it killed it asap. i think it might do a small fridge for maybe an hour. better off with a bucket of ice. the charge cord fell apart at the end you plug in as well, and now doesnt work at all.
1630672
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!!
298879
It depends on the wattage of the fridge. My guess is it could but not for long. Hope this helps.
799333
Sorry, 300 watts is the Max unless your fridge is powered by rechargeable batteries.
350978
Use the Supco URCO410 with a run capacitor. The run capacitor is the little black box. Either re use the run capacitor already on your refrigerator, order a new one, or buy the URCO410 RC series which comes with a run capacitor. If you just use the RCO410 your fridge will work great for about a week, the the compressor will burn up. Trust me I learned the hard way. The RCO410's work fine I guess on way older compressors that were built to run hot anyways but any newer compressor, by that I mean any Fridge that takes R134A needs a URCO410 with a run capacitor.
317428
I currently live in a dorm and the slim filter fits in my fridge with room to spare. I don't know what the standard size of a mini fridge is but my fridge is about 1.5 x 1.5 x 2.3 (LxWxH in feet). I think I had to take a shelf out but I was not using it. Hope this helps.
566470
Check the fridge model number. That doesn't seem to correspond to any I could find online.
2181136
I'm not sure, but it's rated for a 28 cubic foot refrigerator and seams to be working.
1081618
I used this on my refrigerator and didn't know the exact compressor size either. My refrigerator draws 7.2 amps and this device has been on my refrigerator for more than a year and has worked perfectly. Look on your rating label where it gives the model and serial number for the refrigerator. If your refrigerator uses 7.5 amps at 115/120 volts or less then this device should work fine for you.
137917
Im sure it would work fine on a refrigerator, but I only did small things so I don't know how many cans it would take to do a whole frig, sorry.
1050017
I highly doubt the fridge would fit. It's definitely to small for that. I don't know the dimensions and I'm not home to measure but I know you could not put a fridge in it. Good luck!
1918222
I love my little micro-mini fridge! I have had NO problems with it, but you have to make sure the unit has plenty of air space behind it or it may overheat and burn out. I had that happen with 2 dorm fridges!! I still can't believe that I could get this little appliance. I love it.
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It would be suitable to run small appliances or a fridge. Anything that doesn't use much power