I'm looking to dip my toe in the water with, what I think is, a relatively small project. We have decent rates for grid electricity now, but the reliability is not great. Our main concern during an outage is the contents of our refrigerator and chest freezer. Using a killawatt, the refrigerator averaged 80watts/hour over 42 hours with about 85watts while the compressor was running. But, its rated for 445w during defrost and 120w for icemaker (maybe they can be temporarily disabled?). The freezer is averaged 20 watts/hour over 22 hours and 65 watts while compressor was running. It has no defrost. We have a standby generator that we use, but I'd prefer to avoid pulling it out for a short outage or running it overnight. What I'm considering is a battery with inverter and charger, that would be capable of running these two appliances for 6-10 hours and could be relatively quickly recharged (generator or grid). What I'm finding information on seems too small or too big (or expensive). Anyone have any comments/suggestions?
Thanks
Keith
Thanks
Keith