Offgridsteve
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Hi!
I have a small off grid (very) house (16’x20’) and am getting ready to purchase a refrigerator. Originally I was going to use a propane fridge but would rather not have the monthly bill of propane.
As of the other day I was dead set on a DC Unique fridge (6 cubic foot) and still may go that way but...
I’m wondering now if I would be better off (spending about the same amount of $$) buying a much cheaper small AC fridge and putting more money into panels, batteries, inverter etc. My house is wired with AC outlets so going this route could also allow me to start using my outlets for other things such as vacuuming, charging my laptop etc.
I was looking at probably spending around $1,500 for the DC fridge, battery, panel, charge controller etc.
Would I be able to spend about the same amount if I went with an AC fridge and inverter but also be able to have some more power to power other things as well ??
Thanks!
I have a small off grid (very) house (16’x20’) and am getting ready to purchase a refrigerator. Originally I was going to use a propane fridge but would rather not have the monthly bill of propane.
As of the other day I was dead set on a DC Unique fridge (6 cubic foot) and still may go that way but...
I’m wondering now if I would be better off (spending about the same amount of $$) buying a much cheaper small AC fridge and putting more money into panels, batteries, inverter etc. My house is wired with AC outlets so going this route could also allow me to start using my outlets for other things such as vacuuming, charging my laptop etc.
I was looking at probably spending around $1,500 for the DC fridge, battery, panel, charge controller etc.
Would I be able to spend about the same amount if I went with an AC fridge and inverter but also be able to have some more power to power other things as well ??
Thanks!