PARTS (affiliate links) 100W solar panel kit - amzn.to/43oFBJx 12V fridge - amzn.to/45Qb3Sn 12V battery - amzn.to/43rYWJG 30A fuse set - amzn.to/3oSzC0E Fuse cable - amzn.to/3oO7CuW Adapter cable - amzn.to/3ClQNul ~ STEPS 1. Mount the charge controller and fuse holder 2. Connect the positive battery cable (included in kit) and fuse cable to the fuse holder 3. Connect the charge controller (included in kit) and adapter cable to the battery 4. Confirm that charge controller turns on and select your battery type 5. Cover the solar panel with a towel to reduce the risk of electric shock 6. Connect the solar panel to the charge controller with the solar adapter cables (included in kit) 7. Put the panel in a sunny spot and confirm that the panel is properly charging the battery 8. Plug the 12V fridge's plug into the adapter cable's 12V socket 9. Confirm that the fridge powers on, then adjust its temperature and any other settings Done! ~ Full tutorial: footprinthero.com/how-to-solar-power-a-fridge

@tomclarkson3759

Жыл бұрын

PWM solar chargers are terrible, £300 for the battery but only spending £25 on charge controller... No one but this... MPPT chargers are way superior

@420.........

Жыл бұрын

I need a sponsorship by these guys, I don't have a fridge..

@athiniskezo1034

Ай бұрын

Anyone can help, which Solar panel i may use to supply only, (Fridge,Tv and sound only).

Great video dude! I actually just looked into this sort of setup for 24/7 use for someone looking for an off grid solution to store their insulin long term. I suggested at least 200 W of panels and 200 ah of battery.

@footprinthero

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Very cool, that sounds like a well-sized setup to me!

@FlyingScot911

10 ай бұрын

I've learned the solar panel wattage should be twice the size of the battery. 200ah = 400watt solar panel. I'm currently converting a 2006 ambulance. Has the perfect roof space for 6 x 200 watt panels. I'll add 2 x 250ah batteries. That will be the ideal power/storage setup for a 1 or 2 person RV. I currently have a single 500watt panel on my RV with 2 x 100ah lithium batteries. I need double that to be effectively off grid and run a fridge along with my other devices. I have a separate 200watt portable folding solar panel for charging my eBike. I also purchased a 500watt inverter that I can use with my 21ah bike battery to charge phones, run my laptop and monitor etc. when I am out in the wild.

@thunderbear0

10 ай бұрын

​@@FlyingScot911thats nice to know Im also planning a setup I have a 12voltDC portable air conditioner which gives about 1230BTU and takes 6 amps which is good for 5ft hilux bed So im planning a setup for it, its 100watt solar with 300watt power station. Which have about 98amps/hr So i can run that AC for 14 to 16 hours if im not wrong and best thing is, it takes 3 to 4 hours to fully charge from solar and 1 hour from home AC, and this setup is dedicated only for AC and im going to have another same power station to run few LEDs and phone Ipad chargers and vent fans etc, which can last very long And im also building a similar setup for refrigerator, 200watt solar and 100amp battery to run refrigerator for 24/7 Im still new into this stuff, learning what can work and how this works

@user-el6br6ok9r

9 ай бұрын

​@footprinthero what are some cheap ways to go off grid for beginners?

I have that exact fridge, and I absolutely love it! The only problem I’ve had is the control panel had to be replaced under warranty. They were fantastic to deal with. Could not be happier with my fridge/freezer.

I have a fridge like this. It will rum day and night. Freeze meat and other food etc. I started with a panel rated at 100w and 3 12v 200AH lead acid batteries. Before I was done to make it run 24/7 regardless of weather conditions required 2 more of the 100watt panels. The pamels came from Harbor Freight for about 110.00 apiece. I paid $30 for a 30 A charge controller similar to the one you showed. About $400 for the fridge from Amazon. I was given the batteries. So add another $1000 or so depending on the deals you can find. My fridge works great. A couple pieces of advice. The 12 volt plug will sometimes work its way loose secure it. My fridge has its own power management system. I cannot run mine from the charge controller. It is directly hooked to the battery bank. The charge controller is hooked to one end of the string on the positive and the other end at the negative. The fridge positive is the opposite end positive and vice versa from the negative. Charging and drawing from opposite ends of the strings keeps the batteries charges equally. Lead acid contact maintence is occasionally required. I use an anti corrode spray. All of them work about the same. Pick the one you like best. Hope that helps someone.

@footprinthero

Жыл бұрын

Wow thanks for sharing all that!!

@LordGryllwotth

Жыл бұрын

I did not understand the equalising part of you connecting one side of the string to charge controller and other side the frigde. But you are parallel connected those batteries?

@shawnr771

7 ай бұрын

​@@LordGryllwotth I apologize for the late response. The batteries are connected in series #1POS TO #2 NEG #2 POS TO #3 NEG CHARGE CONTROLLER NEG OUT goes to #1 NEG. CC POS OUT goes to #3 POS This way power flow has to pass through all 3 batteries to complete the circuit. The cables for the fridge are POS to #1 POS and NEG to #3 NEG. The power flow is pulled from the opposite of the feed from thr charge controllers.

@athiniskezo1034

Ай бұрын

Anyone can help, which Solar panel i may used to supply only, (Fridge,Tv and sound only).

I cut off that automotive accessory plug, because they suck, and replaced it with an XT-30 cable. Now I can run my 12v fridge from any LFP battery or the 12v "load" connections on a solar charge controller. I bought a couple of 2nd life LFP batteries and have ran my fridge off of them for 36 hours straight.

I have the same fridge, it’s awesome!

@footprinthero

Жыл бұрын

I'm a big fan!

@FavianHatma

7 ай бұрын

it should be useful when summer comes, isn't it?

@aliyada

26 күн бұрын

Oh hey, I have the same fridge too! Admittedly, using it with a Delta 2 is a bit more expensive than the above ._.

Job well done 👍

The perfect loop doesn't exi-

Thanks man, I will try this with my 12v igloo cooler.

Congratulations!! You are now an everyday Australian 😉

I did the same with my fridge... been going strong now for three years or more.

You sir inspired me

@footprinthero

Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@gijshulshof2023

11 ай бұрын

Me, too

Good plan. Patios are a good place to make solar powered.

@footprinthero

Жыл бұрын

Definitely

You did good, son.

Sweet-Thanks🎉

@footprinthero

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

Why did you have to put your cold drinks in the fridge? Weren't they already cold and ready to drink? LOL. Good job brother!

I've had really bad luck with that specific solar charge controller. If the battery gets low the solar charger can't startup. Others start up just fine

@footprinthero

Жыл бұрын

Good to know! I haven't had issues with it but I'll keep an eye out for that

@jaxonsandwith502

Жыл бұрын

It's also lithium so if the battery completely dies no more battery

@diySolarPowerFunWithRay

Жыл бұрын

@jaxonsandwith502 my server rack lithium battery started right up after it went to 0%. I however haven't tested these specific batteries.

Wow 1 hour cooling every day

rain: im about to end this mans whole carrer

I had a similar idea for a chest freezer, no need to worry about the power going out and losing a fridge full of stuff.

@footprinthero

Жыл бұрын

Exactly!

Im thinking of doing solar on my new bird room but idk how much i would need just adding two full spectrum 24in lights and a ac/heating unit. Was thinking of doing 2 100 watt panels

Most of mini fridges has batteries that can be charge from solar panels directly

nice

@footprinthero

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍🏻

I wonder if you could give us a full tutorial on how to set up a solar panel.

@thewhitefalcon8539

8 ай бұрын

Just do it!

@Sunrise_MC01

8 ай бұрын

@@thewhitefalcon8539 I will try! I am new to this but my electricity bills are through the roof that's why I wanted to save up on some bills. And this is my 1st time.

If there is less solar power to maintain battery voltage at a safer level your fridge will dry out the battery and will make permanent damage to the battery. You need some mechanism to look at battery voltage and if it falls below safe voltage it has to cut off the fridge from battery

@309electronics5

11 ай бұрын

Some solar controlers have battery manage systems but his does not

@CheapGeek

7 ай бұрын

Most 12v fridges have a low voltage cutoff. That helps

I did to all summer long

Please show us how to power up the whole world

What fuses did you use for battery to fridge

Wow. you did all the things you're supposed to do to supply 12 volts to a 12 volt fridge. Wow. Tell us more oh wise one.

Dostum,yeni nesil dijital ekranlı şarj kontrol cihazı denemelisin

Until the night and your beer got warm

@footprinthero

Жыл бұрын

That's what the battery is for!

@KaptainKastle

Жыл бұрын

@@footprinthero the battery stays all night ?

I have a sherry in mine and the fridge keeps beeping constantly. Any ideas?

at this point, i believe his house electricity is all solar powered, actually, even his oven is solar powered! you gotta give us a tour man.

Great job man. I wish I had all this great solar things. It's just so expensive. Great videos you have. If I had the cash I would buy everything you try out. Keep up the great work.

@footprinthero

Жыл бұрын

🥺 thank you Lui!! that means a lot

@Teknopottu

Жыл бұрын

You can use cheaper stuff too to run things with solar. The battery is the most expensive, not needed here. Just use solar panel, a buck converter that lowers the voltage costing under 10€ an run your car fridge when sunny.

Where do you buy it?

Question what is the point of charge controller? Can’t you just plug in the panels straight into an inverter so the fridge can get the power?

Is fridge? Or is Peltier cooler? Not sure. Fridge is not going to run off that setup.

Great idea but a cooler and some ice cubes would’ve worked just fine.

Everything 12 volt needs an Anderson plug. Those cig sockets are useless and I’d recommend only using them if you have too.

This is incredible. All this plug and play information. You really are onto a new concept here. Look at what you've invented. You need to get out more dude, this is basic consumer 12volt. My 4 year old nice could do that with her pirate patch on.

Mppt charge controller will work better and your fridge will run your battery down past 50% it's best to use the load side on a pwm or mppt change controller for the fridge to better manage the discharge voltage cutoff point...

@footprinthero

Жыл бұрын

Yeah you could definitely upgrade to an MPPT if you want to spend extra. For me it wasn't worth the extra money for a project like this. And I'm using a LiFePO4 battery so the 50% depth of discharge rule doesn't apply

@deang5622

Жыл бұрын

MPPT isn't about managing the discharge voltage cut off point. It's about maximising the amount of energy you can get from the solar panel.

I just go to the patio and grab one out of the mini fridge.

Bruh I have a solar panel half the sixe I have it in my living room window and it’s trickle charger a 8 year old 14v boat battery and then I clamped a 12v cigarette lighter outlet an I charge my battery pack and phones

I use an alpicool fidge it lasts three days from a 20AH lifepo4 battery on eco.

@footprinthero

Жыл бұрын

Whoa! It must be super efficient. That’s awesome

@tsunami2183

Жыл бұрын

Where can I buy this fridge?

You’re basically keeping things cold from heat

@williambrucesanders6878

7 ай бұрын

🤔🤔🧐

Looked at your website … useful for me in a RV. What would you recommended for a newbie to try out in a RV situation?

@footprinthero

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! What are you looking to try out? Like a DIY solar setup?

@b_meunier

Жыл бұрын

@@footprinthero Yes. Here's a test: Starlink + boondocking. What battery and how would you charge it? Feels easy, but there are too many perspectives out there. I'd be extremely interested in it from your POV (quick tutorial) as a solar power enthusiast who simplifies things for newcomers.

Hope don’t you get Sparks on the battery

Looks like the guys clones from LX need huh?

Kinda ironic that you use solar power to decrease entropy of the heat that the sun itself "sent" here

I recomment plaster your roof full with photovoltaik modules and use and sell electrical power as you need.

@footprinthero

Жыл бұрын

If I didn’t rent then I’d definitely put solar panels on my roof!

@WolfgangS

Жыл бұрын

@@footprinthero I've 12kWp and I love it :) Feeding 9 months a year my e2008 :)

Hey can i ask how do you deal with it when that solar panel reach it expire date ?

@footprinthero

Жыл бұрын

Solar panels are rated for 80% of their output after like 20-25 YEARS so I haven’t run into that issue yet 😄

@dank9561

Жыл бұрын

Indeed a well made solar panel from a company like Renogy should remain useable for 30+ years. Stay away from the junk solar panels from random Chinese vendors from Amazon etc.

@shawnr771

Жыл бұрын

Replace them 25 years from now. There are numerous companies and requirements recycling solar panels today. There are numerous articles about companies researching more efficient means to do so. Even with that they wont magically stop working at 25 years. They lose efficiency. This is a big thing at grid scale but the panels could still be used on offgrid systems simply by installing the panels based on their output. A 25 yr old 400w panel might only produce 375w. That is still usable power. Question How do you recycle a gallon of gas?

Actually you battery powered the fridge, a 100W solar power generates in full peak sunlight 80 watts And according to reviews it generates around 4.5 amps in full sunlight. 100 AH battery / 4.5amps = 22 hours for full charge. Using a PWM controller = less efficient so probably 30 hours. According review the fridge consumes around 10 amps an hour. That's more then half of what the panel can generate.

@SnowyPup

7 ай бұрын

100w at 4a would be a 24v solar panel, not 12v, so it would almost generate enough power for the fridge

@JerryDoe

7 ай бұрын

@@SnowyPup Doesn't exist, a 12v setup solar panel cant exceed more than 18v and a 24v setup uses panels that output 24v in non direct sunlight and a maximum of 36 volts in direct sunlight.

@SnowyPup

7 ай бұрын

@@JerryDoe either way, the solar panel can do 80w, you claimed the fridge did 10a at 12v, that's 120w -- meaning the panel at peak can supply 2/3rds of the power for the fridge

@JerryDoe

7 ай бұрын

@@SnowyPup yet the panel doesn't generate 100w but according the reviews around 80 watts and a 30% penalty for the PWM controller, your about 50% short on power to run that fridge from solar. And even if you are using a more efficient controller, eventually you will deplete the battery because you do not generate enough to run the fridge and charge the battery.

I solar powered my welder that was tough

@footprinthero

Жыл бұрын

Wow I can imagine! How many watts does that use?

@awesomusmaximus3766

Жыл бұрын

@@footprinthero maybe 4 KW at max setting I can run two at that setting actually

What model fridge?

@footprinthero

Жыл бұрын

BougeRV 12V 30 Quart Portable Fridge

Your kitchen must be on the opposite side of the house from your back yard tho go through this much trouble to be lazy... lol

Bro just photosynthesize at this point

How long will it be powered for?

@Zaniith

Жыл бұрын

Also I've been thinking of doing the same for a standard house fridge simply to experiment

@Teleportcamera

Жыл бұрын

Check wattage of the fridge, compare with wattage of the solar panel and you’ll have your approximate number. So let’s say the solar panel produces twice as much watts as the fridge needs, then the fridge will run twice as long as there was sun available (overhead stored in the battery). Minus 20% for losses.

@footprinthero

Жыл бұрын

Good question! This fridge consumes around 350-400 watt hours per day, and the 100W solar panel generates about that much power per day on average when in a sunny spot. So it’ll keep the battery around the same level of charge unless there’s a stretch of cloudy days, at which point the battery may die. So the setup I showed is a good setup for shorter camping and RVing trips. If you need the fridge to run non-stop, I’d suggest getting a 200W solar kit and then seeing how that works for your location!

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bruh .... that's a 12v battery with a 12v fridge batteries are DC you could just run leads to the battery

@ZaneofAustin

Жыл бұрын

and by adapter cable you mean a FUSE? like it's not really necessary i mean in a setup like this there's not bus bar or water proofing so like why bother with a fuse when all the other safety "electrical engineering standard" is disregarded? lol

You did not solar power a fridge. Your power is coming from the battery. The battery is being charged by the solar charge controller, which is drawing power from the solar panel and putting it into your battery. This is as basic as it gets. What's your next video going to be about, what color crayon taste the best?

I felt jelous about the battery i cant afford to buy 1

Cover the panel? Just use a breaker switch...

@footprinthero

Жыл бұрын

Yep! That’s definitely an option. For this project I didn’t use one just to simplify it and keep costs down a bit

@deang5622

Жыл бұрын

Isolation switch. A breaker is something different.

Wow...seriously. Apparently this wasn't shared for those that understand offgrid power.🙄

@footprinthero

Жыл бұрын

Not sure if I’m interpreting your comment correctly, but yeah it’s definitely geared towards DIY solar beginners!