Solar and fridge

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richc
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Re: Solar and fridge

Post: # 5392Post richc
April 20th, 2015, 6:15 pm

TrueDink wrote:That reminds me I sold my Weaco compressor fridge on ebay for £150. Well pleased.
they are in demand, my cr60 went for £250

Panel is working fine, id always go with flexible on demounts as the weight difference is massive , some 4 kiols installed to 15-20 for rigid - weight matters, especially up there

my issue is my charge controlller is doing weird things, turns out its a known pile of poo so got to replace that but its only 4 wires so easy peasy

Rich

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Re: Solar and fridge

Post: # 5825Post cthodgson
May 11th, 2015, 9:00 pm

Rich, can I ask which company you used for the solar set up and which mppt controller you've had problems with?

Cheers
Chris

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Re: Solar and fridge

Post: # 5826Post zildjian
May 11th, 2015, 9:03 pm

I 'think' they are out in their new Hilux as its all gone quiet from Leicestershire since weekend :D

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Re: Solar and fridge

Post: # 5827Post cthodgson
May 11th, 2015, 9:09 pm

Fair do's, I'd be out in it too if I had a new one.

We are loving the EC6L btw, so glad we took the advice here and didn't go with the single bed nordstar we saw in the winter :)

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Re: Solar and fridge

Post: # 5828Post zildjian
May 11th, 2015, 9:33 pm

An odd one that I wonder where it ended up, you have a much airier version and more especially how you'll use it

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Re: Solar and fridge

Post: # 5831Post cthodgson
May 11th, 2015, 10:37 pm

Yes, knowing what I know now - very odd.

Have been in it for the last 2 weeks, I've never had a bed of my own so big. The heating is great, a few problems with the solar but I'm looking to upgrade all that anyway.

Have you managed to squeeze 2 batteries into the hatch under the table?

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richc
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Re: Solar and fridge

Post: # 5835Post richc
May 12th, 2015, 9:32 am

cthodgson wrote:Rich, can I ask which company you used for the solar set up and which mppt controller you've had problems with?

Cheers
Chris

I bought a panel from 1 company , no issue, then I bought one of these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/30A-MPPT-Sola ... 48608c39e9

They work but according to the aussie u-tube vids testing them they are not mppt

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/150W-Watt-Sem ... 2ed55f32c7

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Re: Solar and fridge

Post: # 5948Post cthodgson
May 17th, 2015, 10:34 am

Brilliant, thanks for the info. I will have a poke around next week and try and work out what I need.

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