icebox out frig in?

[RogerDat]

Is it possible that David B. meant amp hours a day? Most of the time that is how I have heard power consumption against battery amp hours expressed.

30 to 40 amp hours a day is within reasonable range for power consumption using a energy efficient set up. And the 288 or 12 watts an hour Bob mentions at 12 volts would be 24 amps. Assuming a little more draw than that would give you the 30 amps suggested earlier.

[David Tilston]

Amp hours, Watt hours, either way works, but to say you use 40 watts a day is confusing.

[honda03842]

I agree with you David, next fridge will be a compressor type. I was just reading the Kimberly Kamper, under General Chay, first book and they make a great case for the compressor.

[Byron Kinnaman]

Originally Posted by David Tilston

Amp hours, Watt hours, either way works, but to say you use 40 watts a day is confusing.

Are you trying to say that Amp hours and Watts are the same?

[David Tilston]

I think if you read my post, I said nothing of the sort.

[Sabrinascamper]

Made a run to Lowe's this afternoon. Procured a sheet of 1.5" rigid insulation.
Grabbed a bag of fiberglass roll insulation from a friends house, and proceeded to drill out the rivits holding in my icebox..it is now surrounded by a lovely 1.5" insulating "box". Need to stick a piece of the rigid stuff up under the framework to insulate the underside of the cabinet now and replace the rivits. We are nearly ready for our mid week camping trip...

Still want to replace it with a compressor type frig... This fix up will give us a day or so more on the ice. I look forward to having the room to put food in instead of all the ice!
How much are 100 watt solar setups running?
I do not have a clue what to look fore.




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[David B.]

Sabrina, here is a link for a semi-flexible solar panel by Renogy. http://www.amazon.com/Renogy®-Monocr...enogy+100+watt It would be very easy to mount it on the front window gravel cover by using 3M VHB outdoor tape. It would be a very short wire run to your tongue mounted battery via a controller. The panels are very durable and I never had any problems with mine (had used a rigid one on our scamp prior to knowing anything about the semi-flexible panels, and now with the Renogy semi- flexible panels on our Lil Snoozy).
Dave & Paula

[David B.]

Originally Posted by RogerDat

Is it possible that David B. meant amp hours a day? Most of the time that is how I have heard power consumption against battery amp hours expressed.

30 to 40 amp hours a day is within reasonable range for power consumption using a energy efficient set up. And the 288 or 12 watts an hour Bob mentions at 12 volts would be 24 amps. Assuming a little more draw than that would give you the 30 amps suggested earlier.

Thank you Roger for clarifying what I was trying to say.
Dave & Paula