Comments on: DIY: Given a solar panel and an electrical outlet, how do I power a fridge using solar with grid backup? http://www.batterybackupguide.com/blog/diy-given-a-solar-panel-and-an-electrical-outlet-how-do-i-power-a-fridge-using-solar-with-grid-backup/ Thu, 17 May 2012 21:36:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: 2n2222 http://www.batterybackupguide.com/blog/diy-given-a-solar-panel-and-an-electrical-outlet-how-do-i-power-a-fridge-using-solar-with-grid-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-616 2n2222 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:50:29 +0000 http://www.batterybackupguide.com/blog/diy-given-a-solar-panel-and-an-electrical-outlet-how-do-i-power-a-fridge-using-solar-with-grid-backup/#comment-616 Even the smallest refrigerator requires far more power than even a fairly large solar panel can supply at high noon in Death Valley. That's why nobody bothers with this sort of scheme: you'd be paying a lot for the solar panel, but supplying almost all of its power from the electrical outlet anyway. Solar technology is gradually coming along, but it has a very long way to go before it'll be this practical. To confirm this, check the nameplate on your refrigerator and then the power output of any solar panel. Compare. Even the smallest refrigerator requires far more power than even a fairly large solar panel can supply at high noon in Death Valley. That’s why nobody bothers with this sort of scheme: you’d be paying a lot for the solar panel, but supplying almost all of its power from the electrical outlet anyway.

Solar technology is gradually coming along, but it has a very long way to go before it’ll be this practical.

To confirm this, check the nameplate on your refrigerator and then the power output of any solar panel. Compare.

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