In article et,
"Dave Liquorice" writes:
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

I have a couple and have serviced several for other people.
They all contain the same peltier device, which is rated
5.5A at car battery charging voltage. There maybe some
larger cool boxes with two devices in them.

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Andrew Gabriel
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