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To: DCBryan1

You could run the refrigerator on this, assuming it draws about 400 watts:

http://www.powerenz.com/store/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=156

Thing is under your scenario it might be a good idea to have four of them so you cycle them as power is drawn from reserves and you can charge the others when daylight permits.

Cost? More than $5000 ea or more than $20,000 total.

Who needs a fridge in gird down anyway? Better to prepare using foods that do not require refrigeration before use.

Another idea is this and it costs less than $60 bucks per unit to make and always cools food.

The Zeer Pot - a Nigerian invention keeps food fresh without electricity

http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2004/september/refrigeration.htm


40 posted on 04/05/2010 8:02:57 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: Vendome

Regardless of what size you get, get a propane or diesel powered unit. For the sizes mentioned above, (10Kw+) the amount of fuel you go through will be substantial. A buried 500 gallon propane or diesel tank is much safer than a buried gasoline tank, plus gasoline degrades much faster than diesel or propane. I think 90 days or so for gasoline, without using additional stabilizers.

Another reason not to use gasoline ; it’s hard to buy without paying road taxes. Red diesel and delivered propane don’t usually include road taxes in their price.


50 posted on 04/05/2010 8:12:59 AM PDT by CarmichaelPatriot
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To: Vendome

I got a small about 1.5 cubic foot fridge at a yard sale last summer. Old GE, probably 25 years old, but it’s built like a Sherman tank!
I think it only draws about 100 watts.

I use it for my beer (I brew at home) but if I needed to take some of the stuff out of my main fridge for any reason, heck, it would keep the stuff good and cold!


51 posted on 04/05/2010 8:13:52 AM PDT by djf
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To: Vendome

While purusing the Northern Tool and Equipment catalog this weekend, I saw they sell low wattage fridges and freezers made for use with solar panels,alternative energy...they are smaller and better insulated with smaller capacity(and smaller motors)


73 posted on 04/05/2010 9:10:34 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ( FIRE STUPAK: LindaForCongress.com)
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