Will my solar/battery kit last?

Hi ahurle

i have a 55 litre fridge mate with a 100 amp battery plus LED strip lighting though my panel is 140W. i had it running in the back yard for 2 weeks and the lowest my battery got to was 12.5 Volts so about 70%. the temp was 28 to 32 degrees opening for beer and drinks during that time the dial was on 3 and the highest the temp got to was 4.8 degrees . The EvaKool/Fridgemate fridges are very economical to run my cycles on about 40 % of the time and off for 60% of the time. so i recon you should be OK though a larger Panel will defiantly help and also remember if the fridge is full it's on cycles are not on as long.

The difference in price for a 120 watt is a few dollars. Worth it.

Adam
there is a great spreadsheet on the campertrailers.org site.
Its pretty comprehesive

Solar Spreadsheet

Hope that helps, it certainly set me straight

Paul

Gday Adam,

my 100 watt solar apanel runs my 70 litre Waeco no worries,

Steve

Thanks everyone.
I was thinking I might even upgrade to 120W solar. Would the 80AH battery and the 120w solar be ok? Or do you think I should go to a 100AH or larger battery aswell?

I really am stuck on what combo I should have.

Thanks
Adam.

the extra battery amps and increase solar watts will take a little of the worry out when the weather is bad. and the extra would be about 100 dollars worth the investment i feel.

i have a 80 litre engle 100a/h marine pro bought a 120w folding panel for 295 dollars up the sunshine coast works great bcf wanted 900 hundred price went down to 600 to 450 for the same panel pays to look around