1. Welcome Hearth.com Guests and Visitors - Please enjoy our forums!
    Hearth.com GOLD Sponsors who help bring the site content to you:
    Jotul Cast Iron Stoves
    Woodstock Soapstone Stoves
    Hearth and Home (QuadraFire and Harman Stoves)

What size inverter for chest freezer?

Post in 'DIY and General non-hearth advice' started by BIGISLANDHIKERS, Apr 13, 2011.

  1. BIGISLANDHIKERS Feeling the Heat

    joined: Sep 12, 2007
    313 posts
    Chest freezer uses 1.7amp so its about 200 watts.

    There is no starting wattage on tag. Does anyone have a guess how large of an inverter I should get to cover the starting watts?

    Thanks!
    BIH
    BIGISLANDHIKERS, Apr 13, 2011
    #1

    Helpful Sponsor Ads!

  2. nate379 Minister of Fire

    joined: Sep 21, 2010
    3,981 posts
    Palmer, Alaska
    Hard to say without knowing what you have but I would figure in the area of 10-12 amps.
    nate379, Apr 14, 2011
    #2

  3. jimbom Combustion Analyzer

    joined: Dec 19, 2010
    1,022 posts
    Missouri Ozarks
    From the old days. Rule of thumb 4 to 5 times operating amps. So 6.8 to 8.5 amps for 0.3 seconds or so.
    jimbom, Apr 14, 2011
    #3

Share This Page