Solar Panel For Small Refrigerator

The title solar refrigerator can be a little deceiving.

Solar panel for small refrigerator.

The refrigerator that can also be used in residential spaces like a small cabin or vacation home can offer you with much efficiency too because it can operate on a battery solar panel and charge controller not included though. The solar panels will charge the battery and keep it ready to supply power to your fridge. While these units do exist solar powered refrigerator freezers are actually just efficient enough fridges that can handle the lower energy input of solar set ups. Batteries are needed to store the power that the refrigerator will use at night or when clouds block the sun.

This solar refrigerator category displays all dc refrigerators that can be run on solar wind hydro or battery systems. They do not include any power generating equipment unless shown or specified. Otherwise all solar panels charge controllers and other dc generators are sold separately. A bit of quick math and conversion to kwh will tell us that each solar panel produces about 30 kwh per month.

Acopower lioncooler x40a rechargeable solar fridge freezer snap in battery solar ac car charging app control 0 50 6 large wheels 42 quarts 4 8 out of 5 stars 61 759 00 759. The average refrigerator found in the united states uses approximately 57 kwh per month while the average freezer uses 58 kwh for a combined total of 115 kwh. Even the best off grid solar refrigerator will only work as well as the solar panels used and the level of sun you receive. At face value it seems like this implies the fridge comes with a solar panel that runs the fridge on its own.

The solar panels have to be connected to a battery and inverter to provide power to your fridge. Don t skimp on the quality of panels and invest time in your solar panel setup to maximize your solar fridge performance. If you have an inverter it will need to handle about twice as much as the maximum load so a 2 200w inverter should work for this example. Acopower lioncooler x40a rechargeable solar fridge freezer snap in battery solar ac car charging app control 0 50 6 large wheels 42 quarts 4 8 out of 5 stars 62 759 00 759.

Here are a couple panels that would be good options though with varying wattage levels. Divide that by 30 kwh per month per solar panel and you get 3 8 solar panels. A word of caution. A device called a charge controller will smooth the flow of power from the panels to the battery.