Freezer for Off Grid PV

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  • BritishPete
    Member
    • Mar 2012
    • 64

    #16
    120V AC (MSW). My freezer is presently the only Energy star qualified 5cu ft on the popular market and cost only $162 from Walmart. I have two identical one as fridge and one as freezer.
    1.6Kw of PV, Outback FM80 controller, 40A PWM cheap Chinese controller, 12V 1000 AH of Trojan T105RE batteries, 2.5Kw Aims MSW inverter and 400W TSW inverter.

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    • brofig
      Junior Member
      • Mar 2012
      • 7

      #17
      Like your original post

      Pete;

      I don't know about numbers...
      but your ideas to save energy with the two chest type freezers makes sense to me.
      thanks for sharing..

      Brofig

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      • pakman
        Banned
        • Apr 2012
        • 5

        #18
        make a fridge freezer

        is it possible to make a fridge and freezer if you have the compressor. in the philippines everyting is expensive and I was wanting to go on a mainly 12vdc system to make the required box etc with a lot more insulation than a typical store bought unit would have might be more beneficial as long on you have the appropreiate space any idea's ie what kind of compressor etc I hear there are some of the new compressors that are extremely efficient an take a lot less load to kick them into gear in order to do the job
        thoughts please

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        • Naptown
          Solar Fanatic
          • Feb 2011
          • 6880

          #19
          Originally posted by pakman
          is it possible to make a fridge and freezer if you have the compressor. in the philippines everyting is expensive and I was wanting to go on a mainly 12vdc system to make the required box etc with a lot more insulation than a typical store bought unit would have might be more beneficial as long on you have the appropreiate space any idea's ie what kind of compressor etc I hear there are some of the new compressors that are extremely efficient an take a lot less load to kick them into gear in order to do the job
          thoughts please
          Yes this is done on boats all the time.
          Look at marine refrigeration preferrably with hold over plates so it only has to run during the daytime.
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