At 11:32 AM 2/29/2008,"Lee Haefele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >----- Original Message ----- > > > slip, but plan on setting sail this summer or fall. Last time had > > 300W of Solar and an Airmarine wind gen. This time have 400W of Solar > > (added a 1.3 CF Haier freezer) >This gave me pause, is this a 120V home unit running off the inverter? If >so it will consume probably 4X the power of a marine unit. >Lee Haefele
Yes Lee, the freezer is a 120V unit. It's run off a "dedicated" inverter sized to minimize standby current (about .7A). In the works is connecting the thermostat to the inverter so it only runs when needed. From testing: It consumes about 55% more than a comparable 12V one would, but only runs a total of about 2,5 hours per day max (VERY VERY well insulated), or 17.5 Amp Hours per day plus 14.9 Amp Hours inverter overhead for a total of 32.4 Amp Hours per day. That's why I'm looking at the above thermostat-to-inverter hookup. By comparison my 12V _MARINE_ fridge eats up about 42 Amp Hours per day. Rick ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Absolute safety is a concept promoted by those without the guts to live in the real world. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
