condor22 said::sunny: :sunny: :fire: :fire: :sunny: :sunny:oop:
About says it all, lol. I normally set my Engel as a fridge at 2 C. Yesterday would have required it to operate 60 C below the internal car temperature.
I have previously tested it on a 40 C day and it will do this, but it never cycles off in this kind of heat, pulling 3.0 to 3.2 amps. As the overnight was roughly 25 C and probably a short time my estimate is, 15 hours @ 3.0 A = 45 AH, 5 hours @ 50% cycle = 7.5 AH and 4 hours at 30% cycle = 4 AH for a total of 56.5 AH.
That would be minimum, so 60 AH is probably a good estimate.
This then shows that my 100 AH AGM/110 W panel probably won't cut it in the heat for total consumption replacement. I might get 2-3 days if lucky, which means operating the vehicle at times. Data shows at this time of year Adelaide gets 7.5 sun hours re solar panels - Panel is roughly 6 A output so 45 AH of input.
Mike678 said:In Australia , we all live under the sun .....
nucopia said:Had a brass Monkey since early December .
Used it on 12volts and 240 havent and really had it off for more than a couple of days since it arrived and its going strong.
The freezer sits at -16 and the fridge section at 0.4 hasnt missed a beat ..when we got home from camping We left frozen fish and hamburger patties in the freezer and other items in the ref. Its just like a regular refrigerator , bonus is I used it as a drinks fridge over Christmas , new year and even now .. perfect couldnt be happier..
Nightjar said:RR,
I'm curious, do you enjoy the outdoors/camping etc or do you spend all your free time fiddling with settings and fridge/solar operation?
Do realise it is each for their own but when we are away in the bush we have to have our machine beeping just after sun up or swmbo gets cranky. :inlove:
No time to waste time fiddling, if the fridge is cold all's good, if the freezer's frozen, again all good.![]()
condor22 said::sunny: :sunny: :fire: :fire: :sunny: :sunny:oop:
About says it all, lol. I normally set my Engel as a fridge at 2 C. Yesterday would have required it to operate 60 C below the internal car temperature.
I have previously tested it on a 40 C day and it will do this, but it never cycles off in this kind of heat, pulling 3.0 to 3.2 amps. As the overnight was roughly 25 C and probably a short time my estimate is, 15 hours @ 3.0 A = 45 AH, 5 hours @ 50% cycle = 7.5 AH and 4 hours at 30% cycle = 4 AH for a total of 56.5 AH.
That would be minimum, so 60 AH is probably a good estimate.
This then shows that my 100 AH AGM/110 W panel probably won't cut it in the heat for total consumption replacement. I might get 2-3 days if lucky, which means operating the vehicle at times. Data shows at this time of year Adelaide gets 7.5 sun hours re solar panels - Panel is roughly 6 A output so 45 AH of input.
shakergt said:Heck your pulling some power. I am quite surprised at the amount of amps you use. I set my ARB fridge at 0 C all the time. Going of mine I only use 1.12A/hr.
condor22 said:Nice to see you out and about after such a long lockdown. 32 must be a heat wave over there, went down to around 4 C in Adelaide last night, brrrrr.
We are locked down in NSW VIC n SA so going nowhere lol.
brendomac said:5.1L/100klm! That is great, what van are you driving?
That sounds like a pretty good recharge time too
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