But for fridge use not freezer you can expect around min of 48ahrs per 24hrs.
Solar panel required for engel fridge.
Volts the pressure of electricity being produced by the solar panel similar to the height of water stored in a water tank.
A device called a charge controller will smooth the flow of power from the panels to the battery.
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Batteries are needed to store the power that the refrigerator will use at night or when clouds block the sun.
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Hi ian i currently run 2 45lt engel fridges through an arkpak battery box with a 130ah battery with a 160w solar panel with overcast 38 degree days i found it wasnt enough to last more than 3 days but lasted my camping trip of 5 days during cooler weather over easter i know the fridges would be working harder during the warm weather but would you recommend a larger say 300w solar panel.
An engel 40 litre fridge has a current draw of 0 5 to 2 5 amps maximum according to the engel web site.
For that matter unless you have a lot of roof space or are able to set up your solar panels on the ground pointed directly at the sun all day it would be hard for them to recharge a battery being used by a refrigerator or any.
A solar power setup suitable for refrigerator use requires several devices in addition to solar panels.
At night there will be no power for the fridge and it will shut off.
The solar panels have to be connected to a battery and inverter to provide power to your fridge.
What size auxillary battery do you have.
Because you can t power a fridge on solar panels alone.
If you assume an average of 1 5 amps using the unit as a fridge then the daily draw over 24 hours is 36 amp hours.
A solar panel at the ideal temperature and aligned with perfect sunlight similarly how much power flowing out of the battery can be also measured in watts.
Really the question should be how much power do i need to power a refrigerator.
Solar power vs battery power.
To maintain that you would need at the very least a 140w panel but that would not have capacity to spare to replace power used from the battery when little solar power input so a larger panel is required.
A 100 watt solar panel will output approx 5 5 amps per hour 100 watts divided by the normal voltage of around 18 volts.