Re: [a/s] Solar Suggestions

[Susi and John Burchard <saluqi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm, when running on propane an older (non electronic) fridge uses no
electricity at all.

In 1975 I bought a German built SOB trailer in Austria and towed it from there
to Saudi Arabia by a roundabout route.  It had an Electrolux fridge that worked
on propane, on 220 volt AC (the standard in Europe) and on 12 volt DC when
towing.  When I sold the trailer a year or so later, in Saudi Arabia, I removed
the fridge, which worked wonderfully well, and installed it in my boat, where it
remains to this day (the boat was a casualty of the Gulf War, or near enough)
... but that fridge was a half-height unit (under the counter top) which I think
would be too small for fulltiming in the U.S. where you can't necessarily buy
fresh groceries on every street corner.

> I will also be looking for a small toaster oven appliance that works off
> gas.  I do have a tiny old microwave that draws only 600 watts so it's a
> keeper.

If you have a stove there are toaster gizmos that fit on top of a burner?

> My TV VCR combo is small and well within the power limits of my 600 watt
> inverter.  When I install solar I am looking at a 1600 - 2000 watt inverter.
> 
> Am very interested in suggestions for these appliances and have been
> enlightened by all the material on solar that the list has provided.

I seem to remember there was a list member named Joe Colao who had a lot of
ideas and experience with solar, has he weighed in on this one yet?

John
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Susi and John Burchard
Tepe Gawra Salukis
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