Run Your Fridge and Freezer With Free Solar Power!

In this video I show you how to run a fridge freezer or chest freezer off free solar power. Great for a power emergency, off grid or a remote work site.

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[solarcabin]

In this video I show you how to run a fridge freezer or chest freezer off free solar power. Great for a power emergency, off grid or a remote work site.




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[patrickbodine]

So how much money have you spent on all your "solar stuff"? Batteries, inverters, refrigerator, charge controllers, etc? And can a "normal" person actually afford to purchase all of what is necessary? So much information, leaving out the important details. Living on s.s doesn't leave much after the bills are paid.

[oskosh]

Great video Lamar ! Thank you. The portable power stations today make things a lot easier on our daily lives. The one you highlighted today is a nice one. I have two stations made by Baldr / Pioneer. One is 330 wh and the other is 933 wh. I am pleased with them as they meet my needs. I am looking at 12 volt fridge / freezers. Would be nice in a grid down situation or cabin life. Have a good one and take care.

[GoCorvette]

I have two Bluetti giving me a total of 4000wh and upgrading to 1600 watts of solar panel to make sure I stay charged up. Thanks for the information, Mike

[GEAUXFRUGAL]

You can put timer on your fridge so it's full-time day part-time night.

[YouLookinAtMe-Bro]

Great video and info.
Nice set up you have there.
Liked and subbed!👍
Be safe.🙏

[subscriptions]

Thanks for another great video. One thing I've always wondered is do any part of your solar setup including batteries, charge controller, inverters, and even your appliances make any noise or is it silent?

Of course something like a microwave will make noise when it's running but is everything else silent? One of my hopes for this type of lifestyle is to eliminate unnatural noise as much as possible.

[dartman]

If anyone knows about solar and living off Grid, you surely do! Thanks for all the information.👍🙂

[DIYtalk]

Im just starting out my off grid living and documenting the steps :) I found your content very helpful - thankyou

[baneverything]

What I love about having my own Ampere Time 3.8 kwh capacity battery, 60 amp MPPT charge controller, and 2000 watt inverter is...I can repair or upgrade everything but a battery issue. But my 300ah battery has a 5 year warranty. If the internal BMS does fail I can go inside the battery, remove it, and install my own if that`s my only option. I`m poor, on a very small income, and spent the last of my savings on the battery and other main parts. Then each month I`ve bought the extra solar panels, various cables, fuses, switches, ground wire, etc.

I simply HAD to have an off grid energy supply that produces power on site and I also bought lower wattage appliances. If the charge controller fails I can dump power into my big battery with its 300w LiFePo4 charger using four of my power stations. You have to plan out every option in case something happens so I constantly run "what if" scenarios through my head.

My tiny air conditioner starts out at 250 watts when the compressor turns on and slowly rises up to 350-390 watts. I put it right behind where I sit on the couch so it doesn`t have to run on high to keep me cool. And for whole chickens, roasts, and things that normally take a long time to cook I got a six quart YEDI electric pressure cooker. I have an electric blanket for Winter emergencies and a tiny 400w heater I can put in my tiny bathroom or bunk room to efficiently stay warm. Plus an oil heater with 600w setting. I use a 600w bucket immersion water heater to take baths. Five gallons of water is plenty for bathing.

[reddawn]

Generverse power stations are pretty cool whether you live off grid or on I think everone should acquire them if they have the money to do so. Love that they can be charged by solar and then ran inside. No fuel.

[mikeeggleston]

Do you run the microwave through the power station?

[GEAUXFRUGAL]

Ok great having a temp control box for food. Fridge is not the best design. Door should open to the sky fridge air is cooler and denser it'll drop to the lowest level. Open the fridge your feet get cold, open the freezer and you don't notice it as much. This means fridge mechanically removed the heat from the segregated space and when the door opens that advantage is gone and you need to close the door so the machine can return to removing heat. Also a freezer has better insulation than a fridge. Saw a man use a freezer as a fridge raised the lowest temperature above 33° and had a super efficient fridge.

[baneverything]

I have two cheap 500 watt power stations better than the 500w Jackery that I got for just a little more total for both than the Jackery costs. One runs my dorm fridge 27 hours but only charges at 120 watts but the other charges at 200 watts and has a more efficient MPPT charge controller inside it. Even on cloudy days a 150 watt solar panel gives it 30 to 40 watts charging. I also use them with my Dash mini cookers and my 100 watt 12v rice cookers. For my box freezer I have two 700w Bluetti EB70s I got for half off...250 each...with LiFePO4 batteries rated at 2500 charge cycles to 80% remaining capacity. Plus I have seven 250-300 watt power stations for extra storage, small fans, rice cookers, light, and WIFI. If I need to I can dump their charge into my fridge or freezer batteries. Plus I have a 300ah Ampere Time. I`m so happy that I was able to get these. I`m living alone in a very very rural location in a camper on Social Security and have no car.

[jhosk]

Awesome!
Question, do you know anyone who makes their own methane? I have animals and lots of poo

[Michael-uguv]

Great. Off. Grid. Low. Technically 👍👍👍👍

[GEAUXFRUGAL]

In my runaway camper. The air exchange is a large box fan. 2 long screws into the wall and the fan is up and out the way. I noticed it was getting warm when the 3:30 sun hit the west side the camper. I was drawing air out the west window. The sun heating the air I noticed the temperature inside was higher than outside 71°/78° I just turned the fan over where intake now was the East window. The temperature dropped one degree instead of climbing higher. Helps to know what the temperature is so you can make energy wise decision.

Cooler air from the shade side of the camper is better than dragging hot air from the warm side. You notice that different when you fix it.

[rickynaidoo]

I am watching you for the first time. Thank you.

[tonylarose]

😬 $3.5k for off grid fridge and freezer system, that's before the cost of the fridge or freezer

[utubemouse]

Thanks for the useful information. Could you show how/why you would swtich from 12 v to 36 v?