carolineewatsonn
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Hi! I'm so happy I found this forum because I'm pretty much clueless. I'm thinking about long term travel in my van and need some help figuring out how much solar I need. Even with weeks of research I'm still confused!
My main thing is I need a mini fridge. I cannot afford the dometic one that seems popular, so I was going for a cheap dorm style fridge, specifically the Insignia 3.0 cubic ft mini fridge. I see on Best Buy it uses 1.5 amps and 115 volts, which I believe means about 172 watts. Does that mean I can buy a 175 panel and be good to go? or is it not that simple and I need more wattage than that? An article I read says a 3.1 cubic ft mini fridge would need like 400 watts, not 175, so am I missing something or did I just find an energy efficient fridge?
Also, what kind of battery and inverter would I need? On that same article it said 300 amp battery and 2000 inverter. Do you think that's correct or, because I have a more energy efficient fridge, I could go with less? like, I don't know, 200 amp and 1000 inverter?
Any help you could give would be SO appreciated!!!
My main thing is I need a mini fridge. I cannot afford the dometic one that seems popular, so I was going for a cheap dorm style fridge, specifically the Insignia 3.0 cubic ft mini fridge. I see on Best Buy it uses 1.5 amps and 115 volts, which I believe means about 172 watts. Does that mean I can buy a 175 panel and be good to go? or is it not that simple and I need more wattage than that? An article I read says a 3.1 cubic ft mini fridge would need like 400 watts, not 175, so am I missing something or did I just find an energy efficient fridge?
Also, what kind of battery and inverter would I need? On that same article it said 300 amp battery and 2000 inverter. Do you think that's correct or, because I have a more energy efficient fridge, I could go with less? like, I don't know, 200 amp and 1000 inverter?
Any help you could give would be SO appreciated!!!