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To: eastforker
I would say the fridge, 24/7, an LED tv and esk top computer also most of the day and then the small air conditioner through the hot part of day.

You'll be running a generator all day or carrying 1,000 lbs of battery which would take all day/night to charge. I would go with a Honda inverter gennie to run things by day and keep a battery bank charged for night use of the small loads. A fridge is likely not a small load though unless it's something meant for off grid.

We lived off grid for 4 years on a 500 watt 12vdc solar panel system using four golf cart batteries with a chinese Enkle knockoff 12 vdc fridge. Did ok with it but AC without a huge battery bank or gennie running ain't gonna happen.

I would give you a link to a calculator for this sort of thing but we searches have become 100% useless in recent years.

23 posted on 09/12/2025 5:03:55 PM PDT by Pollard (www.isitdownrightnow.com/freerepublic.com.html)
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To: Pollard; eastforker

I have been living off grid on wind and solar for 25 years. And I agree with Pollard, the A/C is a problem child. Everything else you can get away with a minimal set up, but not the A/C. It would require too many panels and too many batteries to use one. And even then an AC fridge would be a problem, propane fridge is more practical on a self contained system like that.


30 posted on 09/12/2025 5:24:49 PM PDT by Openurmind (AI - An Illusion for Aptitude Intrusion to Alter Intellect. )
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