Hello everybody,
I am new to fieldlines, I applied yesterday and got to join today. I have lurked here in the past and learned quite a bit from the members posts. Some of the members are extremely knowledgeable in electronics. I wish I could say the same for myself but i only decided to go off-grid in 2002 and it has been a steady learning curve since then. I am no expert but ,i did manage to set up our own off-grid system of 4kw of pv and a turbine which supplies the house and shed quite easily. I have a good weight of forklift batteries to store the energy and I have been pretty lucky with some of the decisions and buys that I have made.
Let me also add,that I am a fan of Oztules and I commend him for all his fantastic advice on transformers, etc. I just happened to pop in as the thread of the transformers was getting going. It was so interesting that my wife downloaded the whole thread and sometime in the future, I intend to give it a go.
PaulJ happened to mention that chest freezer converted to fridges are extremely efficent, Let me second that statement, it is indeed very true. You can do it the simple way with a timer or buy the conversion kit which is simple enough to install. The Chest freezer does not lose all its cold air the moment you open the door, so it has a good head start on the upright version from the word go.
Judd