GMB
Solar Enthusiast
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- Feb 16, 2020
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Back when you could actually buy a chest freezer, I bought mine from Costco for $120 and added an 'Ink Bird' device to turn it into a super insulated fridge. Worked great and barely used any power to operate.
Now I prefer to use the chest freezer as an actual freezer as I mostly freeze everything and love having ice. For my fridge, I use a super insulated cooler (Yeti or Pelican brand work well) and put a frozen gallon of water from the freezer into the cooler and rotate those out every 3-4 days. Since I don't use much refrigerator space (just milk and eggs mostly) this works out great for me and I only use 60 watts per hour to run the chest freezer.
Now I prefer to use the chest freezer as an actual freezer as I mostly freeze everything and love having ice. For my fridge, I use a super insulated cooler (Yeti or Pelican brand work well) and put a frozen gallon of water from the freezer into the cooler and rotate those out every 3-4 days. Since I don't use much refrigerator space (just milk and eggs mostly) this works out great for me and I only use 60 watts per hour to run the chest freezer.