RobertM Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 It's a sunny day, and at 10:20 AM, I turned on the PJ inverter and started running my kitchen refrigerator and evaporative cooler. The resting voltage of my flooded battery bank started at 27.2V, and with the inverter on, the battery voltage went up to 28.5V and is holding steady. The controller is drawing about 7 amps. The inverter is barely warm, and the fan is not running. I'm going to let it run all day, and shut down when the batteries get down to 24.6V. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertM Posted July 6, 2022 Author Share Posted July 6, 2022 My refrigerator is more energy efficient that I thought it was. It uses ~6.5 A to start the compressor, but the average power is much less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Genetry Solar Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 1 hour ago, RobertM said: My refrigerator is more energy efficient that I thought it was. It uses ~6.5 A to start the compressor, but the average power is much less. Average running amperage for a standard kitchen 'fridge (for my findings with standard recip compressors, i.e. not vari-speed) is between 0.8-1.2A @ 120vAC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertM Posted July 6, 2022 Author Share Posted July 6, 2022 My battery charging state has moved from boost to float over the past hour, showing that I have solar power to spare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Genetry Solar Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 54 minutes ago, RobertM said: My battery charging state has moved from boost to float over the past hour, showing that I have solar power to spare. Love that feeling 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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