[Market-farming] Refrigeration at market

Allan Balliett aballiett at frontiernet.net
Fri Apr 3 21:19:49 EDT 2009


>  > Allan...we've been dealing with this issue at market for a few years.
>We had folk show up with generators....same issue....who wants to be set
>up next to a smokey noisy generator running all day?   Several of us who
>are off-grid helped work out systems for the egg, cheese and meat folk.
>Small camper refrigerators are available cheap and used.  They are
>required to not put out lots of heat so as to be safe in a trailer, as a
>result are very efficient.  I have a few that I use at home for produce.
>  Our market folk are powering them with an inverter connected to the
>battery of their vehicle.  Inverters convert the DC power of batteries
>to AC power of most appliances.  Thanks to laptop batteries that folk
>want to charge in their cars,  most auto parts stores are carrying cheap
>inverters.  Be sure to match the power to your fridge.
>Quiet and efficient---we now power amplifiers for our Market Music folk
>this same way.         Good luck                  Sora

Sora - You mean to say that a car battery will run the fridge for 4 
hours without going dead? (Without the car running?) That's pretty 
amazing but I, too, figured there must be a nautical appliance that 
was operating on that low of juice, as well. Thanks -Allan in WV


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