I live in a racially mixed suburban neighborhood on Long Island NY. I am well prepped with food, water and defense. However no generator. I'm skeptical about getting a whole house gas powered one ($$$) or smaller gas or diesel to power fridge and freezer only because the noise would make us a target. Any ideas?
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Im with you, been trying to figure this out. Something affordable, no way we can run house only would want fridge and some cooling (fans, portable swamp cooler). We have a gas one but its useless bc obviously gas.
Need solar. Anyone know the specs on wattage for running these things? Need solar gen which is $$$$$$$$ so really need to get wattage right. How much needed for fridge, unfortunately a huge older built in one. 22 years old and massive prob takes a ton of energy, how to know how many watts would take?
300-400 watts to run a refrigerator but when the compressor kicks on, that surge can be 800 - 1000 watts.
Instead of a generator or solar panel, you could look into a AC invertor for your car or truck. Just run the refrigerator in cycles just to keep the food from spoiling.