On 27 Jul 2008 12:49:56 GMT, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

I have been thinking about getting a solar panel to keep a fridge
runnning and keep a battery charged while camping.

It'll have to be a *big* (expensive) photovoltaic panel to run a
fridge even under bright sunlight conditions.

Not a caravan fridge!

Also, caravan fridges are often adsorption or peltier mechanism
(for dual fuel or dual voltage operation), neither of which are
as efficient as a conventional compressor fridge.

And the cooler boxes that you plug into your ciggy lighter socket pull
about 10A @ 12v, 120W that's a big, expensive, photovoltaic panel.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?...97380&doy=27m7

"only £699.99 - on sale until 29/07/2008
SAVE £130.00 was £829.99"

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Cheers
Dave.