i am looking to build a battery to power my refrigerator during storm outages (last year 10 days after hurricane ida) i am planning on getting 1 or 2 panels to power it.
my refrigerator takes about 2.400kwh over 24 hours. I did a 5 day audit using a kwh meter over 5 days and averaged it out.
so the max it registered at once was 600 w, and i am assuming this device is unable to calculate startup surging and would need a 2.500-3.000kw inverter (4x600kw)
so for 24 hour use i would need a battery capacity of 2.500kwh with 900 watts of solar panels? south Louisiana so 5 to 6hours daily is normal with expecting peak need in july -sept so closer to 8 hours of sun. so about 400 w for 8 hour day. am I missing anything?
my refrigerator takes about 2.400kwh over 24 hours. I did a 5 day audit using a kwh meter over 5 days and averaged it out.
so the max it registered at once was 600 w, and i am assuming this device is unable to calculate startup surging and would need a 2.500-3.000kw inverter (4x600kw)
so for 24 hour use i would need a battery capacity of 2.500kwh with 900 watts of solar panels? south Louisiana so 5 to 6hours daily is normal with expecting peak need in july -sept so closer to 8 hours of sun. so about 400 w for 8 hour day. am I missing anything?
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