lorihadams
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Would it be cost effective to install a small solar setup on our shed to run our 2 chest freezers?
Well, find out how much power the two chest freezers use, figure out what size of system would run them and then do the math. Depending on how much you pay for electricity, it may or may not be cost effective. Freezers only run for a portion of the time, so if you had a Kill-a-watt meter or some way of monitoring how much power the freezers actually use it would be best. We run a small chest freezer and a refrigerator on our system, but it also powers the rest of the house. It's eight 150-175 watt panels, a charge controller and an inverter along with miscellaneous wires and such. You also need to look up how much solar you get at your latitude.lorihadams said:Would it be cost effective to install a small solar setup on our shed to run our 2 chest freezers?